The Alabama News Center — A Match Made in Service: Mississippi Air Guardsman’s Kidney Donation Finds Unexpected Recipient in Alabama Airman

By: Maj. Dusty Culpepper / 172nd Airlift Wing

Master Sgt. Ron Bohl didn’t hesitate.

His brother, Matthew, was battling stage 5 kidney disease, and time was running out. When he learned the wait for a donor kidney could take up to six years, he knew he had to act.

Matthew Bohl had been on dialysis since early 2023, but his condition was worsening. His blood pressure would shoot up to 180/140 without warning. Dialysis helped, but his blood pressure remained dangerously high.

“We really couldn’t go anywhere for any length of time because he had to be close to a dialysis center to be able to dialyze three times a week for four hours at a time,” Bohl said.

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