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‘You’re gonna think I’m crazy.’ She’s never met Billy Gillispie, but she’s giving former UK coach a kidney. | Lexington Herald Leader

Ericka Downey was sitting on the closet floor of her home near Tulsa, Okla., in December, when she felt a tug.

The pull came from an interesting place: a 58-year old man she had never met. More specifically, his kidney.

Taking a break from cleaning her closet, Downey had seen on social media that former Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillispie was in desperate need of a kidney and she wanted to help. Instead of scrolling past, Downey felt compelled to act.

A voice in her mind told her, “You need to do something.”

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