Christine Royles was 23 when she learned she had lupus and ANCA vasculitis , leading to kidney failure . The Royles woman went on the national waiting to find a kidney donor , but chose to go a different route . Royles painted an appeal for a donor on the rear window of her car , along with a phone number . Josh Dall-Leighton , 30 , saw the message on a trip to the Maine Mall with his family and called . The Windham stranger has been classified as a potential match and the surgery is set for May .
Christine Royles was 23 when she learned she had lupus and ANCA vasculitis , leading to kidney failure . The South Portland woman went on the national waiting to find a kidney donor , but chose to go a different route . Royles painted an appeal for a donor on the rear window of her car , along with a phone number . Josh Dall-Leighton , 30 , saw the message on a trip to the Maine Mall with his family and called . The Windham stranger has been classified as a potential match and the surgery is set for May .