Sharing Your Spare Today is the anniversary of me becoming a kidney donor. Part of my morning was spent in the lab, where, for the second time this week, I attempted getting blood drawn for my one year check up. I’ve always been a difficult stick, so much so that the last time I gave … Continue reading A Living Kidney Donor
Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Mo… Pick me! Pick me! Well, it wasn’t quite that easy or that random, but I’ve been chosen! I’m special! I’m a match! On our journey into our son’s kidney disease and his journey on to get a transplant, we recently got the exciting news. Since he was born and we knew … Continue reading Pick Me! (Kidney Donor)
Just shy of twenty five years ago, they handed me my newborn son. I gazed at his chubby fingers and cheeks and marveled, listened to his hearty cry and thrilled. He was perfect. Almost. I held him for an all too brief period of time before they whisked him away for tests. You see, we … Continue reading Almost Perfect (Let’s talk kidneys and surrender)
Another Day to Smile 