Donor Found For Methuen Coffee Shop Owners Seeking Kidney

METHUEN (CBS) – A new sign posted outside Kiki and Wayne Bernard's coffee shop means good news for the Methuen couple seeking a kidney donor.

In June, the sign outside Common Grounds read, "Kidney wanted, type O, inquire within."

Now it reads, "Thank you. Thank you. We have a donor!"

Kiki suffers from polycystic kidney disease or PKD, a serious genetic disorder which causes cysts to grow in the kidneys until they can no longer function properly. And lately, hers have not.

PKD has no cure and the genetic component is strong. Kiki's mother and sister both succumbed to the disease. Now, Kiki's doctors say her kidneys have only about a year left and she needs a kidney transplant.

"It has progressed to where my kidneys are no longer functioning as they should. They're functioning at about 20 percent," Kiki said.

After posting the sign outside their coffee shop, Common Grounds, the couple received dozens of applicants but none were a perfect match.

However, Wayne's niece, Lisa Twombley was.

"I kept telling her, it's going to be me. I'm going to be your donor. You're going to get one of these kidneys," Twombley said.

Twombley is blood type O positive, just like Kiki. Now, she must undergo tests to make sure she his healthy enough to give up her kidney.

"It's thrilling that she would do something like this," Kiki said.