Social Media Post Leads Olympian’s Family To Kidney Match

Dick Franklin, the father of Olympic gold medal swimmer Missy Franklin, was in end-stage kidney failure and desperately needed a new kidney, so the family turned to social media. Dozens of people reached out after the post, but none were a match and the family was losing hope until they heard that fellow Olympian Crissy Perham had matched and volunteered. And after the successful surgery, Perham and the Franklins have become like family and Crissy says, “That has been the most amazing part.”