Delayne Ivanowski News Today

The way things have been going lately, I wager Im not the only person who — if asked what theme music theyd choose for themselves were personal theme music a theme —would reply with "Dont Nobody Bring Me No Bad News." This song, sung by wicked-witch character Evillene in the musical "The Wiz" should dang-near be a national anthem in our "new normal."

It was a difficult secret to keep, but one that was well worth the keeping.

When John Ivanowski's kidney began to fail, his daughter was the best source of a transplant, but he didn't want to take an organ from her.

Jackyenjoyphotography via Getty Images(MISSOURI) -- For over nine months, Delayne Ivanowski of Kirkwood, Missouri, kept a secret from her dad that ended up saving his life. Delayne Ivanowski, a 25-year-old nurse at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, donated her kidney to her dad John Ivanowski, who told his daughter for months that he did not want her to be his donor. "I told her, Im not taking your kidney," John Ivanowski, 60, told ABC News. "I told her that flat out." John Ivanow...

Jackyenjoyphotography via Getty Images(MISSOURI) -- For over nine months, Delayne Ivanowski of Kirkwood, Missouri, kept a secret from her dad that ended up saving his life. Delayne Ivanowski, a 25-year-old nurse at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, donated her kidney to her dad John Ivanowski, who told his daughter for months that he did not want her to be his donor. "I told her, Im not taking your kidney," John Ivanowski, 60, told ABC News. "I told her that flat out." John Ivanow...

Jackyenjoyphotography via Getty Images(MISSOURI) -- For over nine months, Delayne Ivanowski of Kirkwood, Missouri, kept a secret from her dad that ended up

Jackyenjoyphotography via Getty Images(MISSOURI) -- For over nine months, Delayne Ivanowski of Kirkwood, Missouri, kept a secret from her dad that ended up saving his life. Delayne Ivanowski, a 25-year-old nurse at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, donated her kidney to her dad John Ivanowski, who told his daughter for months that he did not want her to be his donor. "I told her, Im not taking your kidney," John Ivanowski, 60, told ABC News. "I told her that flat out." John Ivanow...

A woman from Missouri secretly donated one of her kidneys to her father, who had been suffering from end-stage renal disease. And after the transplant surgery, she revealed to her father that she was his kidney

There are very few gifts that will ever be as great as this one. A Missouri man was shocked to learn that the kidney donation that saved his life came from his own daughter.

There are very few gifts that will ever be as great as this one. A Missouri man was shocked to learn that the kidney donation that saved his life came from his own daughter.