(NewsNation) — Tuesday marks Kidney Heroes Giving Day.

Jessy Kyle, a professional jazz and soul singer who has performed the national anthem at the Philadelphia 76ers games for 25 years, has faced unthinkable health challenges.

A three-time cancer survivor, her chemotherapy and radiation treatments ultimately damaged her heart and kidneys. In 2022, she had heart surgery and was told she needed a new kidney.

Typically, finding a donor can take five to seven years. Kyle described being placed on the kidney transplant list as worse than her other treatments because “there was no end sight.”

“All my other treatments were a year of treatment or six months, so I had something to look forward to. When you’re on the transplant list, you don’t know. So, that was … like an emotional marathon,” Kyle said Friday on “Morning in America.”

She added that doctors told her a living donor was her “best hope,” and without hesitation, her husband signed up and turned out to be a match.

“I can only imagine this must be what it feels like to win the lottery. He literally saved my life. He gave not just my life, but for my family, because dialysis I was in the chair 20 hours a week, and it just impacts your life. So, he gave so much and (I’m) just obviously overwhelmed that he would (donate). It’s such a selfless act.”

Kyle is still singing and recently launched the bra line called the Betterly Bra Company.

“I’m in excellent health. I feel wonderful,” Kyle said. “Just never give up. Always have hope because every day that there’s breath in your body is a chance to get better.”