Arizona firefighter receives life-saving kidney donation from wife

Fire crews dedicate their lives to saving strangers. But when a Valley firefighter needed saving himself, he turned to his wife. Taylor Wirtz has the story. Madison Greer and Robert Coleman Jr. met in the gym, but their lifestyles brought them together. We found out that we both had the same dream of becoming a firefighter, so I kind of used that as my way in to ask her out, basically. That dream was soon realized, with Madison joining the Phoenix Fire Department and Robert going to Surprise. It works very well, because we can just talk to each other about what we're going through. The couple married in September of 2025, but months before, Robert was diagnosed with stage five kidney disease, having to go on dialysis soon after. I'm 31 years old, and it just is not a life that you want to live. That's when we started really searching for a transplant donor. Madison applied to see if she was a match, desperate to see her husband return to the man she knew. So just everything he loved kind of just started to stop, so it was heartbreaking for me just to see that, just because I know how active he is. So we're super blessed that I got the call, and I was a direct donor match for him, so. The weeks leading up to the surgery were emotional. How would I feel if something happened to my wife when she was trying to help me? But Madison was determined. The one thing that just stuck out the most for me was he's gonna get better tomorrow. And that's exactly what happened. Hey. What it do? Once I saw the smile on his face, I was just like, he just looks like a new person, like the person I met when I first met him. Soon as I was, they rolled me into her room, and she just lit up, and it just made me feel complete at that point. The couple says their lives have only improved since. It's just such a huge relief that we can just live life again. They'd like everyone to know how life-changing kidney donation can be. Maddie literally gave me a second shot at life. Taylor Wertz, Fox 10 News.