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Kelly Hancock: “I was told it would be one or two years before I was on…”

Featuring: Kelly Hancock, Republican | State Senator, Texas, District 9

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Address of Senator Kelly Hancock, President Pro Tempore, 88th Texas Legislature

Published | Video Starts at 04:19

After several tests, biopsies and so forth, they came back and said that I had a very, very rare disease that could take my kidneys in two days, two months, two years. God gave me 31 several sessions ago. I was told it would be one or two years before I was on dialysis, God gave me six. And then literally I wouldn't be here today if God hadn't given me a family that was willing to donate their kidney so that I may be here. (04:19–04:27)

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Asserts that Kelly Hancock was expected to be on dialysis within one or two years, but it took six years.

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