Husband Saves Wife By Donating Kidney - Embarked On Year-Long Fitness Regime To Get His Blood Pressure Low Enough For Surgery

PJ Spraggins was delighted when he discovered he was a perfect match for wife Tracy, who was told her life-long battle with Lupus would kill her if she didn't get a transplant. The waiting list is seven years long.

But the next day the couple from Birmingham, Alabama, were dealt a blow: his blood pressure was too high to perform the operation.

Refusing to accept the diagnosis, PJ embarked on a relentless fitness regime.

Finally, in December 2014, they got the green light. In February, they went under the knife together.

Transformation: PJ and Tracy Spraggins (pictured, left, in 2006, and right in 2015) together lost 145lbs in one year so he could donate his kidney to her. On the transplant list, she would have had to wait seven years