Florida Woman Receives Kidney from Friend's Tinder Date

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You never know what can happen when you swipe right.

Erika Bragan, a 47-year-old mother of two who suffers from a genetic disorder called polycystic kidney disease, will receive a new kidney on November 18 – and it's all thanks to the popular dating app Tinder, where users are matched up if both "swipe right" on each other's photos.

Rich O'Dea, 43, close family friend of the Bragans, took Jennifer Thomas, 35, to an Imagine Dragons show in Tampa, Florida, on July 10 after the two connected on the social dating app.

Little did he know that his blind date would forever change the lives of his best friends, Scott and Erika Bragan, and their two children, Madison, 14, and Spencer, 11.

At the concert, O'Dea and Thomas, both of Tampa, Florida, hit it off – talking about everything from favorite foods to interesting hobbies.

When O'Dea mentioned that his friend's wife was in desperate need of a new kidney, Thomas' heart immediately went out to the mom. With an O-negative blood type, Erika had been on the kidney transplant list for almost three years.

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