Helping get kidney from parents'former high school classmate

Miles Wagner was born with primary hyperoxaluria, a rare condition that can lead to kidney (腎) failure.He was 8 weeks old when he had a sudden attack.His doctors determined he would need both a liver (肝臟) transplant and a kidney transplant.While Miles successfully underwent a liver transplant from a dead donor,he still needed a kidney donor.

Ashley and her husband, Ryan Wagner, were no stranger to serious diseases when Miles was diagnosed.The father Ryan Wagner was diagnosed with colon(結(jié)腸) cancer.The couple started a Facebook page to update friends and family on his condition.After Miles was born, they started to include updates on him as well.

“It had started long before we had Miles and we had a following for quite a while，” Ashley Wagner said on the Facebook page.“It's kind of crazy how much strength we've gotten from their support and they're complete strangers.”

Miles' parents put up a Facebook post asking people to volunteer to be a donor.Elizabeth Wolodkiewicz, a former high school classmate of Miles' parents, saw the post and volunteered.It took weeks of tests before doctors determined that Wolodkiewicz was a donor match.

“There were tears of joy, relief and excitement.Just think about the future，” Wagner said at the moment they learned Wolodkiewicz was a match.“When we started this whole journey, it seemed like the light at the end of the tunnel was never going to be there.”

Miles underwent the kidney transplant at Ann & Robert H.Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.Hospital officials said the operation was successful and that Miles and Wolodkiewicz were both in recovery.

Reading Check

1.What does the author mean by saying “Ashley and her husband, Ryan Wagner, were no stranger to serious diseases”?

A.The couple were medical workers in a hospital.

B.One of them had suffered from a serious disease.

C.The couple read some books about diseases.

D.The couple came from a medical family.

2.Why did the couple start a Facebook page?

A.To keep close contact with others easily.

B.To make Ryan's illness development be known.

C.To tell stories about their new-born son.

D.To get some useful medical information.

3.How did Elizabeth Wolodkiewicz know Miles' condition?

A.By watching local news on television.

B.By being told by Miles' parents in person.

C.By being told by their mutual classmates.

D.By reading a Facebook page post online.

4.What can we know about Miles Wagner from the text?

A.He was recovering from his disease.

B.He would be operated on soon.

C.He was waiting for a successful match.

D.He donated one of his kidneys.

Sentence for writing

When we started this whole journey, it seemed like the light at the end of the tunnel was never going to be there.

【信息提取】“it seems like...”是一個(gè)固定句型，like后接從句，意為“好像；似乎”。

【句式仿寫】似乎他們要永遠(yuǎn)走下去。