Mom Donates Kidney to Son, Loses Job

[Dos Equis]

Heartless is the right word to describe this.  Really dumb move by her employer. 

Mom Donates Kidney to Son, Loses Job
Published September 13, 2011

A Philadelphia mother was left jobless Tuesday after she took time off work to donate a kidney to her dying son and was fired during her absence.

Claudia Rendon did not hesitate when doctors delivered the news that her son Alex was in desperate need of a life-saving kidney transplant and offered him her kidney, myFOXphilly.com reported.

But she had already used up her vacation time at the Aviation Institute of Maintenance, in northeast Philadelphia, earlier in the year following the death of her mother and uncle and her father's diagnosis with leukemia.

Randon said, "Everything was coming down all at once. I felt like the best thing that happened to me this whole entire year was that God gave me the blessing of being able to give my son my kidney."

Through it all, Rendon showed up to work but needed a leave of absence to donate her kidney to her son.

Before Rendon left, she said her boss made her sign a paper, saying her job would not be guaranteed, and late last week -- just as she was preparing to return to work -- her employers told her they had hired someone else.

Rendon's former boss refused to comment and a company representative said it was in its legal rights to let Rendon go as the Family Medical Leave Act, which covers an employee for 12 weeks leave, does not apply to companies with under 50 employees.

But her son believes the decision is a heartless one

"She saved my life basically," he said. "Who else can say their mom gave them life two times?"

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[pedro01]

"The company teaches would-be mechanics how to fix planes."

So - this is one of those places that advertises in slots on the Maury show offering people training for non-existent jobs?

Not a great shock, is it?

[Agnostic007]

Randon said, "Everything was coming down all at once. I felt like the best thing that happened to me this whole entire year was that God gave me the blessing of being able to give my son my kidney."

These kinds of statements really boggle my mind as an Agnostic..

Her son develops health issues and needs a life saving transplant.... Did she forget that part?

I've noticed god gets all the credit, none of the blame..  

But back on topic... It was a stupid move for the company. What I suspect is the issue is Mom seemed to always have reasons for missing work. A small company is impacted a lot more than a larger one when employees miss work. They were probably at a point where they felt she was no longer a dependable employee and picked the wrong point in which to terminate her.