# Young woman with liver disease needed organ donor, got much more after a NASCAR race | Fox News

## Transplants

### Couple's 'Godwink' story demonstrates the remarkable power of coincidence

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Published March 3, 2025 3:55pm EST


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Nicole Munda, who was turning 29 in 2001, had never been to a NASCAR race at that point in time.

Then a friend invited her to make the 4½-hour drive from her home in Las Vegas to the Phoenix International Raceway.

At first, she didn't want to, as she shared with the Godwinks team. Then she rationalized that the excitement of cheering people and roaring race cars could — at least for a day — drown out the doom and gloom of her recent disheartening diagnosis from her doctor.

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The disease she had been fighting had progressed rapidly. She needed to look for a donor with the same rare blood type, and from a same-sized person — and from someone who was "emotionally connected."

In other words, when the time came, a family member in excellent health would be an ideal candidate as a donor.



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Young people in their 20s don’t normally require liver transplants. But, as the Mayo Clinic confirmed, she was an exception.

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Munda, pictured here, was told by doctors, "If you don’t find a liver donor, you may not live past your 30s."

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Young people in their 20s don’t normally require liver transplants. But, as the Mayo Clinic confirmed, she was an exception.

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The couple traded phone numbers.

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After a few comments about how incredible that was, Coleman said something else that almost knocked her out of her seat: "How are you feeling?"

She was thinking, _How could you know anything about my liver disease?_

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The two of them became oblivious to the cacophony of race cars and cheering fans around them.

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The groom gave the bride the most beautiful wedding present ever: the gift of life.

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