. >> reporter: allison rice and her daughter, exception to that. two years ago lucy was in mr. katun katune's class and there was no friendship between mom and teacher, until last year when the school told parents about his weakening health. >> i just thought it was the right thing to do. >> reporter: allison began a year-long series of tests to see if she could give him one of her kidneys. >> sometimes you sit there and you think someone ought to do something, someone needs to step up and do it. at a certain point you think, well, you know what, maybe that person that i'm waiting to do this is me. >> reporter: turns out she was a match. the surgery, delayed once, now expected to happen in the next few weeks. >> it speaks volumes, and that's why i've been here at the school for so long because this community is just awesome. >> reporter: but allison says with her kidney comes something else. >> i've already warned him he's probably going to be a lot faster once this surgery is over. he better warn his perhaps but wrapped in a whole lot of generosity. david culver, news4. >> wow