She lost 70 kilos to donate a kidney to her husband, then gave it to a stranger

Five years ago, while eight months pregnant with twins, Rinat Kara received a phone call that changed her family's life. Her husband Meir's health was deteriorating rapidly, she was told, and he needed to begin searching for a kidney donor. For Rinat, there was little question about who should try first. "I knew it was on me, that I had to save him," she said. "How could I ask other people if I hadn't checked myself first?" There was one major obstacle. After her twin pregnancy, Rinat weighed about 130 kilograms, and a transplant specialist told her she would have to lose a substantial amount of weight before doctors would even evaluate her as a potential donor. "I told the doctor in the transplant department at Beilinson that I would be happy to see if I was a match," she recalled.