Fired after donating kindney
The Long Island ****** who was fired after she donated her kidney to save her boss’ life demanded that the woman return the organ yesterday.
“You **** me so much, and I’m so despicable — give me my kidney back!” wailed Debbie Stevens, 47.
Her employer at Atlantic Automotive Group, Jackie Brucia, 61, thanked Stevens for the gift yesterday — and then “wished her the best.”
“I will always be grateful that she gave me a kidney,” Brucia told 1010 WINS-AM radio. “I have nothing bad to say about her. I will always be grateful to her — she did a wonderful thing for me.”
For Stevens to get her organ back wouldn’t be easy — and would involve at least four surgeries.
Stevens donated her kidney to the national pool because she and Brucia weren’t a perfect match. That gave Brucia a better shot at getting a speedy transplant.
Stevens’ kidney actually was transplanted into a patient in St. Louis, and Brucia’s came from San Francisco.
The scorned Stevens also insisted yesterday that the only reason Brucia rehired her in the first place is because she was a “Plan B” — in case another organ donor fell through, she said.
“She used her power to manipulate me,” Stevens claimed.
