After spending ten years on dialysis Wessie Marbury was dreaming of being able to spend just one week off the machine. Just one week without going through the routine associated with dialysis, to eat anything she wanted, to drink all of the water she could, to feel her skin as supple as it once was. She got more than a week! Her kidney is now ten years old and there is not one day that goes by where Wessie doesn't thank God for the miracles and joys of living. Whatever challenge presents itself Wessie meets it with dedication and energy. Soon after her transplant, Wessie began a kidney transplant patient club at University Hospital of Brooklyn. She has raised three children and had a successful nursing career. Wessie wants others to know how a life can be saved instead of burying one - that you can take an organ and give someone a new life. Though she never knew her donor, she thanks that person every day. Today there are speeches to give, picnics and parties to plan and fashion shows to organize. And in all she does, Wessie is known, loved and counted on for her boundless encouragement and support to patients with kidney disease.