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just do what i have to do for my son and i ve been doing it for 16 years. so i figured that i m a great mom. how hard is it financially on your family? real hard. reporter: this is the physical, emotional and financial hardship, he s 15 years old. he s about to get help from a pretty unusual source. his friend kyle over here, come on in, kyle, 14 years old. have a seat. how do you guys know each other? i met kiwan in the clinic. reporter: you were here as well? i was on the machine as he was about three hours monday, wednesday and friday. reporter: kyle cobb looks like any healthy teenager. it wasn t always the case. in 2009, kyle s kidneys failed. and it took months of dialysis and a new kidney to save him. kyle never forgot his friend, kuwan. what made you decide after all ....
That you d been through that you wanted to give something back? i just wanted to help him in any way i can. it gives me a sense of joy, make me think that i m thinking outside of myself for once in life and to help someone else is a blessing to me also. reporter: so far, kyle s raised $3,100 for kiwan and his family with help from the local motorcycle club. it helped with everything that wikan needs. reporter: you didn t really get a christmas last year. no. reporter: he s going to this year? yes. reporter: kiwan continues his fight with kyle by his side, both agreeing a kidney would be the best gift of all. dr. sanjay gupta. dialysis drains patients of their energy. he wasn t feeling well and it was a strain for him to talk to dr. gupta. dialysis doesn t cure the kidney disease which means he ll have to be on dialysis his whole life unless he gets a transplant. let s hope so. ....
today in a 65-31 vote. the house already passed it. now it s awaiting the president s signature. white house press secretary robert gibls released a statement saying, as the president has long said, ending don t ask, don t tell and allowing gay then and women to serve in our military, will strengthen our national security while upholding the basic equality on which this nation was founded. and joe lieberman says this has been a long time in coming. a thrilling day. honestly, one of my best days in my 22 years in the senate. not just because i was so committed to the cause, but because at a time when the people of our country are so justifiably cynical about the partisan politics that prevails so often here in washington and stops us from getting anything done, we ve come together and proven across party lines that you can get something done. let s go to our congressional correspondent breanna keeler. it is a big day on capitol hill. this is historic. tell us how thi ....
kyle cobb looks like any healthy teenager but it wasn t always the case. in 2009 kyle s kidneys failed and took months of dialysis and a new kidney to save him. what kyle never forgot was his friend. what made you decide after all that you had been through, that you wanted to give something back? i wanted to help him in any way that i can. it gives me a sense of joy, makes me think that i m thinking outside of my life for once and just to help someone else is a blessing to me also. so far, kyle has raised $3100 for kiwane and his family with some help from the motorcycle club. you didn t get a christmas last year? no. he s going to get a christmas this year? yes. he continues his fight with kyle by his side, both agreeing that a kidney would be the best gift of all. ....
And a new kidney to save him. but kyle 97 forgot his friend. what made you decide that after all that you had been through, you wanted to give something back? i just want to help him in any way i can. it gives me a serve of joy that i m thinking outside of myself for once. and to help him is a blessing to me. reporter: so far kyle has raised $3100 for him and his family with some help from the local motorcycle club. it helped we go that he needs. every didn t really get a christmas last year. no. reporter: he will get a christmas this year. reporter: he continues his bite the kyle by his side. both agreeing that a kidney would be the best gift of all. you want some fiber one honey clusters? yeah. you must really care about him. what? you gave him fiber. this tastes way too good to be fiber. ....