His kidney saved Gail Fink’s life 18 years ago and his wife delivered her twins. Now they pray she can find another kidney.

Gail Fink, 63, who is looking for a new kidney donor after the first one she received from Juan Uribe, a minister in Texas, started to fail last year, prepares Shabbat dinner while her son Ethan Fink stands beside her in their home in Northbrook, Ill., Friday, May 12, 2023. Fink is the mother of twins, birthed by Uribe’s wife, who served as a surrogate. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

Gail Fink knew this day would eventually come — a day she dreaded, but one the quiet voice in her head would never let her forget.

And the 63-year-old Northbrook woman also knew that when that day came, one of her first calls would be to a man in Florida, who had given her so much so many years ago.