An Iowa woman will donate her kidney to a Minnesota toddler she has never met.Heather Kimbrough, of Eagle Grove, stumbled across a Facebook post back in August that really touched her. In the post, a mother in Minnesota put out a desperate plea to find her son a kidney donor. "He has zero kidney function. He's been on dialysis since he was born. Doctors gave him less than 1% to make it so he is just a true miracle. He was on life support the first three weeks of his life and spent the first six months of his life at the hospital. He just continues to fight," said Desiree Teubert.Teubert's son, Ryder Geisler, spends twelve hours a day hooked up to dialysis. Ryder is 22 months old, but he can't walk, talk or eat without a feeding tube because of his kidney failure. "It's an emotional roller coaster and traumatizing at the same time, but we're so proud of him and hope he continues to fight," said Teubert.After reading Teubert's post, Kimbrough decided to fill out an application online. She then underwent vigorous testing. "It was a lot of making sure I was healthy in every way and didn't have something I could pass on to him," said Kimbrough.Doctors at M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center notified Kimbrough that she is a near-perfect match. She will undergo surgery on March 19 to donate her kidney to Ryder. "I feel grateful that I can give this to him ... help him have a normal life," said Kimbrough."There is no way to repay her. There is no words that I can describe to give my child a second chance at life. I'm speechless. I really am," said Teubert.According to the United Network of Organ Sharing, 7,397 living donor transplants were performed in 2019. Doctors say a living donor kidneys last much longer. "It's going to make such a big difference," said Dr. Vanessa Humphreville. She is the director of the Living Donor Kidney Transplant Center at the University of Minnesota. Humphreville will be the surgeon performing Kimbrough's surgery. She says the new kidney will give Ryder a chance to live a completely normal life. "I did a kidney transplant on a 2-year-old. He couldn't walk. He couldn't talk. About four months after this I am walking through the hospital and this little kid comes running up to me. Sorry, I still get a little choked up about it, but he came running up to me and it was just night and day. He was talking. He could walk. It was just night and day. Kidney transplants made such a difference for these patients," said Humphreville. If you would like to know more about kidney donation, you can fill out a questionnaire at https://www.umnhealthlivingdonor.org/You can also visit the National Kidney Registry.

Related video above: U.S. looks to preserve Gaza truce, push peace talksA Jewish man killed during an eruption of Mideast violence has given new life to an Arab woman in bitter times.Yigal Yehoshua, 56, died May 17 after being pelted with rocks amid clashes between Arabs and Jews in Israel's mixed city of Lod. The ethnic violence was triggered by protests and clashes in Jerusalem that also ignited an 11-day Gaza War. In Lod and other mixed cities inside Israel, groups of Arabs and Jews fought each other in the streets, torched cars and businesses, and savagely beat up anyone from the other side who crossed their path. But after days and nights of war and ugliness, there was a rare moment of hope, when Randa Aweis, a 58-year-old mother of six, got one of Yehoshua's kidneys after a 10-year wait. He was registered as an organ donor; the Jewish man and the Arab woman were medically a match."I could not believe it," she said in an interview Monday at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem. "I'm telling you, I couldn't believe it." "They saved me," she said. "People say he was a good man, that he didn't do any harm, so why was he murdered? ... That's forbidden. There must be peace between Jews and Arabs, real peace." Israelis long accustomed to periodic unrest in Gaza and the occupied West Bank were shocked by the violence, which hit closer to home than at any point since the 2000 Palestinian intifada, or uprising. At times, it seemed like the start of a civil war. Israel's Arab citizens, who make up 20% of the population, said the violence was rooted in longstanding grievances. They have citizenship, including the right to vote, but face widespread discrimination. They also have close familial ties to the Palestinians and largely identify with their cause, leading many Jewish Israelis to view them with suspicion. "I share in the sorrow of the family of the late Yigal Yehoshua who was murdered in a lynch carried out by Arab rioters in Lod," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said when the death was announced last week. "We will settle accounts with whoever participated in this murder; nobody will escape punishment," he added.Police have arrested several suspects in connection with the violence. Aweis never met Yehoshua but she spoke to his widow on a tearful video call. She hopes to visit his family in person once she has recovered from the transplant. "Yigal saved me, and as much as I say thank you to the family, to everyone, it's not enough."

Related video above: U.S. looks to preserve Gaza truce, push peace talks

A Jewish man killed during an eruption of Mideast violence has given new life to an Arab woman in bitter times.

Yigal Yehoshua, 56, died May 17 after being pelted with rocks amid clashes between Arabs and Jews in Israel's mixed city of Lod.

The ethnic violence was triggered by protests and clashes in Jerusalem that also ignited an 11-day Gaza War.

In Lod and other mixed cities inside Israel, groups of Arabs and Jews fought each other in the streets, torched cars and businesses, and savagely beat up anyone from the other side who crossed their path.

But after days and nights of war and ugliness, there was a rare moment of hope, when Randa Aweis, a 58-year-old mother of six, got one of Yehoshua's kidneys after a 10-year wait.

He was registered as an organ donor; the Jewish man and the Arab woman were medically a match.

"I could not believe it," she said in an interview Monday at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem. "I'm telling you, I couldn't believe it."

Maya Alleruzzo / AP Photo

"They saved me," she said. "People say he was a good man, that he didn't do any harm, so why was he murdered? ... That's forbidden. There must be peace between Jews and Arabs, real peace."

Israelis long accustomed to periodic unrest in Gaza and the occupied West Bank were shocked by the violence, which hit closer to home than at any point since the 2000 Palestinian intifada, or uprising. At times, it seemed like the start of a civil war.

Israel's Arab citizens, who make up 20% of the population, said the violence was rooted in longstanding grievances. They have citizenship, including the right to vote, but face widespread discrimination. They also have close familial ties to the Palestinians and largely identify with their cause, leading many Jewish Israelis to view them with suspicion.

"I share in the sorrow of the family of the late Yigal Yehoshua who was murdered in a lynch carried out by Arab rioters in Lod," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said when the death was announced last week.

"We will settle accounts with whoever participated in this murder; nobody will escape punishment," he added.

Maya Alleruzzo / AP Photo

Police have arrested several suspects in connection with the violence.

Aweis never met Yehoshua but she spoke to his widow on a tearful video call. She hopes to visit his family in person once she has recovered from the transplant.

"Yigal saved me, and as much as I say thank you to the family, to everyone, it's not enough."