Alabama Woman Donates Her Kidney To Officer Who Locked Her Up
A woman has always been thankful for the officer who saved her life. Now, he’s showing appreciation to her for doing the same.
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Officer Terrell Potter had locked up Jocelynn James several times as she battled an opioid addiction. She has been sober for years and gives credit to the now-retired cop for helping her turn her life around.
Back in November she found out that Potter needed a kidney as she was looking through Facebook. From there, she learned that his kidney had failed. Doctors told him he would be looking at seven- or eight-years until he gets a new one. “I just threw my phone down and the Holy Spirit told me right then that I had that man’s kidney,” James said, according to Fox 11 Los Angeles. She later learned that a test confirmed she was a perfect match. “If you asked me 100 names of who may give me a kidney, her name would have not been on the list,” Potter said, according to the station. “It’s just unbelievable that she was willing to do that.”
James donated the kidney to Potter in July at Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville. She currently runs a nonprofit that provides drug counseling to women. Both James and Potter are doing well.
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