A video has captured the heartbreaking moment a dad found out that his anonymous kidney donor was his daughter

Many of us would do anything to help our loved ones, but sometimes they may refuse to take our help. Perhaps this is why Delayne Ivanowski - who goes by the handle @delayne_i on TikTok - secretly donated her kidney to her father John Ivanowski.

According to KMOV4, the father was diagnosed with an immunoglobulin A (IgA) deficiency - which caused his immune system to bombard his kidneys.

For over a year, he spent three to five hours a day tied to a dialysis machine which prompted his daughter to offer her kidney as it wasn't the "right quality of life".

However, he was adamantly against Delayne's medical proposal, saying that she's "too young" and has "a long time to be here" while on the other hand, his time is "limited".

But, the doting daughter did not take no for an answer and contacted a coordinator to get some examinations done. She soon became an approved donor and kept her secret safe for eight months leading up to the surgery.

The transplant day came and went and it culminated in this beautiful moment that was shared on TikTok and has now garnered 18.8 million views and 2.1 million likes on the social media platform.

In the footage, Delayne walks through the door and John is immediately overcome with emotion, saying: "Oh my God, are you kidding me?" She then slowly walks over to him and reassures him that "it's okay".

Understandably, many viewers were moved by the clip and shared their heartwarming responses in the comment section. One user penned: "She had to do it secretly, or he would have NEVER excepted her kidney."

Another said: "As a child, without a parent bc he refused to accept his kid’s kidney & is now gone, thank you for doing what I begged & pleaded for. Miss him always."

A third person commented: "SHE IS A WONDERFUL DAUGHTER WITH GOLDEN HEART AND I AM SURE HER FATHER HE IS THE SAME KIND OF PERSON...WELL DONE THIS IS TRUE FAMILY LOVE..GET WELL."

A fourth user added: "He's devastated, but I hope he understands that she would've been devastated if he died while she knew she could've done something about it."

Delayne posted the same video on her page in hopes of raising enough money to pay for her father’s transplant surgery. According to her onscreen text, if 6,000 people donated only $1 to her GoFundMe she would reach her goal.

Amazingly, she received $8,960 in donations - which means she has exceeded her original target.

The father spoke about the successful operation to KMOV4 and said that he ultimately feels thankful that his daughter became his donor.

"Not to be hooked up to the machine anymore and be able to do what I need to do or what I want to do, it’s just a big relief," he said, while Delayne added: "If you are going to give a kidney, it is one of the greatest gifts you can ever give in the world. It’s literally like donating life."

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For many of us, there is no relationship in life that can match up to that which we have with our parents. Our folks raise us, teach us, take care of us, and - most significantly - love us unconditionally. Really, there's no way we can ever repay them for what they have sacrificed for us.

Recently, though, one woman from Atlanta, Georgia, embarked on a secret weight-loss mission in an attempt to give back to the man who had always supported her throughout her life: her father.

Dawn Muhammad, the eldest daughter of 74-year-old Lucious Daniels, spent 16 months working tirelessly to lose 55 lbs (nearly 25 kgs) so that she could be eligible to donate a kidney to her dear ol' dad - but she didn't reveal the goal behind her transformation until earlier this year.

In August 2016, Daniels was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney failure, and was informed that he would not survive much longer unless he received a donation from a viable match. So, like thousands of other Americans with the same condition, he was added to the list of hopeful donor recipients.

While awaiting a kidney donation from a stranger, however, Daniels had no idea that his own daughter was making serious changes to her lifestyle in the hopes that she would be a viable match for him.

For more than a year, she dieted, exercised, and even hired a personal trainer in order to get herself down to a size that would be safe and suitable to operate on - all the while unsure about whether she'd actually be a suitable donor. In April of this year, Muhammad disclosed her scheme to her father, and last month - after almost two years of waiting for some life-saving news - Daniels found out that his daughter was a perfect match.

"I was at work and I received that phone call," Muhammad said in an interview with Fox News. "It was nine in the morning when I got the call, and the first thing they said was 'You are a perfect match with your father, you are a perfect match.'"

"I'm very thankful to be able to help my father have normalcy in his life," she added.

The mother-of-two broke the news to her dad in front of a small gathering of their closest family members, and Daniels could not contain his emotion upon hearing it.

"When it finally sunk in and I finally stopped crying all I could do is give her a hug and all the other family members were there and we hugged and thanked God for his blessings," he said.

Up until now, Daniels has had to make visits to the hospital twice a week in order to receive treatment for his kidney failure. "Being on dialysis was something that I had to do in order to survive. I didn't have a choice, " he said.

Now, however, he'll have a shot at regaining a new lease of life.

The father and daughter are scheduled to undergo surgery at the end of this month, and we sincerely wish them both the best for the procedure.

A hot dog vendor went above and beyond for a loyal customer-turned-friend after donating one of his kidneys. Now, he's offering free hot dogs for life for anybody willing to do the same.

For three years, Andrew "Skully" White had been serving hot dogs to loyal customer Tim Hiscock before finally learning his name in June of last year. Since then, the two have formed a close friendship.

However, as GlobalNews reports, Skully was then approached by Tim's wife, Cindy, who asked the vendor not to serve her husband anymore.

White opens up about his reasons for donating his kidney in the video below:

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It turned out that Tim suffers from diabetes, and earlier this year, his kidneys started to approach total failure and his condition was worsening.

After learning of Tim's condition, Skully - the owner of Lully's Food Experience in Abbotsford, British Columbia - asked what it would take to help his friend, who had been needing a transplant since last December.

Skully told GlobalNews: "I knew you could live off of one, and I asked him, what's the criteria?"

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White required a blood test to see if he was a match, and after it came back positive, he was committed to the transplant within days.

"If you've got two healthy kidneys - give one up! Save somebody," he said.

The operation was performed on December 15, with White later revealing: "The day after surgery I walked into his hospital room and no one else had seen him yet.

"He just looked at me, and he had a tear in his eye and he had this smile, and you could just tell that... the kidney took right away."

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The following Saturday, Tim was able to join Skully at Lully's Food Experience, where the pair celebrated with some kidney-shaped cake with friends, family, and other loyal customers.

Tim, a contractor, has since revealed that the improvement to his overall health since the transplant has been overwhelming.

"I felt better almost instantly," he said. "It’s changed my life dramatically.

"It’s been a journey and we’ve still got a long way to go. But hopefully, this gets the awareness out there that you too can be a live donor."

And in an attempt to raise awareness about kidney donations, Skully is now offering free hot dogs for life to anybody who signs up to be a donor.

Per The Canadian Kidney Foundation, in 2018 it was estimated that there were over 3,400 people waiting for a new kidney, with wait times ranging from a few months to several years.

Writing on the Lully's Food Experience (where Skully has also shared many of his hospital antics with Tim), the vendor writes: "Who wants to join the 1 kidney club? Save a life. Free hotdogs for life. Wicked feeling. Try it at least once."

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And in a follow-up post, White has revealed that he has already had three people take him up on the offer.

Now this is a customer loyalty program we can get behind!

Head to any Starbucks around the globe, and the least you should be able to expect is that they'll do their best to be helpful. That's not always the case, mind you - this is 2018, after all - but when you're desperately in need of a caffeine burst or a break from the working stress, a barista's smile can really make your day.

Some baristas go above and beyond to ensure that you're having a good day, but none will have gone as far as this Starbucks server out in DuPont, Washington state. Having heard that one of their regular customers was dying, this barista got them a lifesaving kidney transplant, with a little help from her husband.

Two years ago, doctors told Vince Villano that his kidney disease - diagnosed when he was 30 - had reached an advanced stage. Villano has a condition called polycystic kidney disease (PKD), which is a genetic condition that causes fluid-filled cysts to grow on the kidneys, ultimately leading to kidney failure.

PKD was a condition that had afflicted every generation of Villano's family - going back to his great-grandmother, who died of the condition - and the disease was worsening to the point that he required hours of dialysis every day, and would soon die if he didn't get a kidney transplant.

In January 2017, the 41-year-old walked into his regular Starbucks, and talked to his regular barista, a lady by the name of Nicole McNeil. He was feeling down, so he told Nicole about his deteriorating condition, and she told her husband Justin McNeil when she got home after her shift.

"Right away, he said: 'Well, I have a kidney, He can have mine'. It doesn't surprise me. He's that generous and that kind - and it doesn't surprise any of our friends who've heard about this. They're like: 'Of course Justin would do this'."

So Nicole introduced the two together, and they became fast friends - but more importantly, they were an instant match for the kidney. "I invited [Vince] to my birthday party and then he started coming over for parties on the holidays and then he and Justin started hanging out on their own," explained Nicole.

Turns out, Justin and Villano had a shared love of camping and fishing, and as Army veterans, they had an instant connection. Justin told Villano of his plans to test his kidneys for a match, and while he was skeptical that they'd be a match, Villano gave him the green light.

As it turns out, they were a match. After a year of research - involving a series of blood tests that would determine whether or not the new kidney would properly adapt to the host - Justin's kidney was declared a match, and the operation could begin.

"All of sudden, it was like this is not just a pipe dream anymore, this is actually happening," said Nicole, and on Boxing Day, the transplant went down. While Villano will have to remain in hospital until New Year's Day and will require medication for the rest of his life, doctors say the new kidney could keep him alive for another 20 years.

What a heartwarming story, and you can bet the next time Vince Villano walks into his favourite Starbucks, he'll be sure to give his favourite barista an extra-large tip.

One woman is going viral for claiming her boyfriend dumped her - just months after she gave him a kidney.

Colleen Le, 30, took to TikTok to share the disastrous dating story of how she donated a kidney to her now-ex partner.

In one of her earliest clips, Colleen explained that her boyfriend was struggling to live with chronic kidney disease which had left him needing dialysis at just 17-years-old.

"I decided to get tested to see if we were a match because I didn't want to watch him die," she explained, before revealing that they were a match and that she had the opportunity to donate a kidney to him. Just wanting her boyfriend to get better, Colleen went ahead with the surgery and both of them made a full recovery after the transplant.

However, it wasn't the happy ending Colleen had been expecting.

In a follow-up TikTok, Colleen explained that several months after the procedure their relationship hit the rocks when her boyfriend headed to a bachelor party in Vegas.

"He was a hardcore Christian so I didn't worry at all," she explained. However, not long after her boyfriend came to her and admitted that he had cheated while he was in Vegas.

"A lot of arguments later, I eventually forgave him and gave him a second chance," she recalled - before revealing that, just three months later, he dumped her. His reason? "If we are meant for each other, God will bring us back together in the end."

He then proceeded to block Colleen on all social media and refused to answer any of her calls and texts.

The clips have racked up millions of views and thousands of comments from people who are shocked by Colleen's ex-boyfriend's behavior.

"You have THE biggest heart and he didn’t see it... his loss," wrote one user, while another added: "I hate that - what goes around comes around. I hope you find someone who worships the ground you walk in. You deserve nothing less."

Others criticised her ex for his 'religious' persona, saying: "He might play the churchy boy role, but is certainly not a godly man," and "not the 'church group'. I’m sorry this happened to you, he literally doesn’t deserve you."

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