74-year-old man walks miles a day in effort to find wife a kidney
Wayne Winters found the love of his life 26 years ago. Now he's willing to do whatever it takes to find her a kidney.
reports the 74-year-old Utah man is walking for miles everyday wearing a sandwich board in an effort to attract the attention of passing drivers.
“I’m trying to get a kidney for my wife,” Winters said. “My wife has stage 5 kidney failure. She's on dialysis and she doesn't like it, it's horrible.”
The man says he felt helpless watching his beloved wife Deanne suffer.
“I didn't know what to do,” he said. “I felt like I needed to do something.”
He came up with the idea of wearing the sandwich board when he saw a story online about another man who did the same thing and received national attention.
Winters says his favorite time is rush hour, when drivers are forced to slow down and read his sign. The red letters spell out a plea for his wife, along with the hundreds of other Utah residents who also need a kidney.
He is hopeful that his sandwich board idea will be successful.
“After I get a kidney I will have my wife back the way she was, normal, helping people, loving people. She likes to serve other people,” Winters said.
For more information about donating a kidney, . To help Winters, call 801-675-0278.