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Meet the woman who got a kidney transplant from an infantryman and woke up craving monster and Skoal

By Duffel Blog Staff · Bureau · 1 minute

Filed 5 October 2022 · 1531

CARMEL, Ind. – Third grade teacher Kasie Spyker woke up after a long-awaited kidney transplant dying for a cold Monster and fresh can of Skoal after receiving an organ from an infantryman, sources at Methodist Hospital confirmed today.

Spyker, who had been suffering from lupus and on a strict diet of fresh foods her entire life, had never tried any of Monster’s products before the life-saving surgery.

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