Lynda Gainor, a local woman known for her generosity, is now in need of that from others as she needs to find a living kidney donor.

The past 12 years has been a tough journey for Gainor, who was diagnosed with having a 98 per cent blockage of the artery and unstable angina in 2013. After moving to Vancouver Island in 2017, what was supposed to be a carefree getaway to Mexico with her boyfriend was anything but, as she experienced classic signs of heart disease like she had previously felt with a heart attack she had in 2013. It was discovered that one of her main arteries was stented.

She was scheduled for what was supposed to be a standard angiogram procedure on Sept. 11, 2018. After her artery burst and she went into cardiac arrest her family and friends were told she had a four per c

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