"You kind of put that out of your mind that someone else is going so that you can have a second chance," Brenda Jones said

69-Year-Old Great-Grandmother on Transplant List Gives up Liver to 23-Year-Old Stranger: 'I Think She Saved My Life'

A 69-year-old woman ended up turning down a liver transplant after she patiently spent a year waiting for one that would save her life.

Brenda Jones, a great-grandmother from Dallas, Texas, got the call she had been waiting for on July 18 and was rushed to Baylor University Medical Center.

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But when she arrived, she met fellow patient, 23-year-old Abigail Flores, who was from a small town in East Texas and only had days to live.

Doctors knew that both women were a perfect match for the donated liver and decided to tell Jones about the situation.

“The judgment behind it seemed very clear, but it still felt unorthodox nonetheless, Dr. Greg McKenna, a transplant surgeon at Baylor Hospital told 11Alive.

But it was an easy decision for Jones.

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“In my heart, I wouldn’t have been able to live with the liver if I had let this little girl die,” Jones told the news outlet. “And I still had more time … I would have been a very selfish person.”

Jones selfless decision ended up saving Flores’ life – and just a few days later, she received a liver herself.