Jean-Marie Guillon donates his kidney to save his wife, Clotilde Logent

They do not speak of giving, but of sharing. When the kidney of Clotilde Logent began to no longer work, her husband Jean-Marie Guillon did not hesitate. Wishing to avoid dialysis and a daily life centered on the disease, Clotilde has decided. “It’s still a gift that we can’t repay. We said to ourselves that the fact that he gives me his kidney is valid for both of us. It’s so that we can have a life best for two”confides Clotilde Logent.

In 2015, the two spouses had surgery in Lille (Nord). They find their house a few days later, without major complications. Despite this strong gesture, Clotilde Logent and Jean-Marie Guillon refuse to speak of heroism. “I didn’t experience it as a sacrifice at all, something extraordinary”explains the donor, for whom he was “obvious” to donate his kidney to his wife. “It was a continuity, there was no overnight ‘I love you more than before'”, he adds. Donating an organ is not just a matter of love. The course remains complicated, because the practice is not so widespread and not always recommended. Jean-Marie Guillon had to carry out a dozen examinations before the transplant.