a drama teacher in south carolina who received a kidney transplant from an anonymous donor recently had the chance to personally thank her for saving his life ed hall who teaches at cane bay high school in summerville had suffered from kidney disease since the age of 19 he learned shortly after returning from his honeymoon in 2018 that at the age of 34 he was going into kidney failure and that hed need a transplant soon hall underwent the surgery in june at the musc university hospital in charleston where he received a kidney from an anonymous living donor in montana i feel fine i get up every day early and i want to do something hall told abc news charleston affiliate wcivtv ed hall and his wife jessica got married in 2018 when he returned from his honeymoon he learned that he needed a kidney transplant ed hall in a recent letter to his anonymous donor he thanked the person whod saved his life youve affected so many lives with your selfless and incredible donation he said ill never be able to thank you enough but i would really love to talk with you and i would really love to meet you more south dakota woman gives birth to triplets after thinking she had kidney stones on aug 10 halls wish came true dr staci lee 41 of montana who had donated her kidney to hall flew with her husband and young daughter to meet hall and his wife jessica i want her to be excited that she did what she did i want her to be proud of where her kidney went hall said before meeting lee youve affected so many lives with your selfless and incredible donation the halls and lees spent the day together and also toured halls beloved cane bay high school where lee met his wife family and friends as well as his drama students i just want you to know that i want you to be free to live your life how you want to live it and that brings me the most joy to be able to look at you and see how well youre doing and just know that you have your whole future ahead of you lee told hall the entire moment was first triggered by a selfless act from halls coteacher taryn hoyt when hall learned that he needed a new kidney last year hoyt quickly offered to donate hers but it wasnt a direct match more after their dad died in need of a kidney transplant 2 sisters donate their kidneys to strangers so instead the two joined the national kidney registry with hoyt becoming a bridge donor and donating her kidney to a stranger that move would ensure that hall would also get an organ from a stranger hoyt broke the news to him at his house last year as hall and his wife broke down in tears i know that a lot of eddies