VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Larry Swilling of South Carolina made headlines last year when he set out to get his wife a new kidney. She was born with only one and that one was failing. So, Larry decided to take matters into his own hands, walking for miles wearing a sandwich board asking for a donor. Good news is, his perseverance appears to have paid off because the couple got a call that a donor is ready and waiting!

Street corners aren't usually listed among the best places to find a kidney, but a resident of South Carolina might have found an organ for his wife by walking the street with a sign, according to WPTV.

Larry Swilling of Anderson, SC, has been walking outside wearing a sandwich board sign for about a year now, hoping someone would respond to his plea for an organ donor to save his wife, Jimmie Sue, who was born with one kidney that is failing.

"She's my heart," Larry told CBS News last year, adding he was determined to find his wife a kidney, even if he had to beg on the street. She was on a waiting list for deceased donors, but there was a chance she could die while waiting.

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"Need Kidney 4 Wife 314-0212," Larry's sign said in the red-block lettering typically reserved for advertising sales and lunch deals. Many responded to Swilling but he wasn't able to find a match after months of searching — until now.

WPTV reported the Medical University of South Carolina said it found a match for Jimmie Sue Swilling, and if further tests prove it's true, she could be in surgery on September 12.

Jimmie Sue told WPTV she wasn't surprised because her husband's determination was unflappable.

"He wouldn't have stopped until he got me one," she told the broadcaster.