El Paso Kidney Transplant Clinic Unites Family

By Victor R. Martinez / El Paso Times, El Paso Times
Sun, 04/19/2015 - 2:10pm

Rose Papke never really had time for herself. As a busy wife and mother of six active children, rarely did she have a spare moment.

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