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Local cyclists feel blessed after kidney transplant
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Dan Clement, right, vists his friend, Peter Kite, center, at Johns Hopkins Hospital along with Kelly Parham. Parham donated his kidney to fellow cyclist Kite on April 16.
You might think giving away a kidney would slow 57-year-old athlete Kelly Parham down a little, but it hasn’t. Just three weeks after donating his kidney to friend and fellow cyclist Peter Kite, Parham said he’s walking four or five hours a day to stay active until he is cleared to ride his bicycle again. “All I can do right now as far as exercise is to walk,” Parham said.