Kidney Transplant...Waiting with Patience

       Still waiting in the wings was my wonderful Good

Samaritan Donor. She was being patient waiting eight

months to see when she would donate her kidney.
That in itself was a miracle. Most Good Samaritan
Donor's are matched pretty quickly with a person needing
a kidney.

       My percentage rate of kidney function was still 

at 7% for both kidneys (normal being 60-100%). I

knew the Lord was carrying me because I still wasn't

on dialysis, that was a miracle. Also, I felt pretty well

most of the time - another blessing (with the exception
of being extremely tired most of the time).

     The doctors stopped testing the third donor, and

continued with my daughter's testing. It took some time

but finally we got a date for the transplant – news that

we had been waiting to hear for so long. The date was

planned for March 12, 2014. This meant we would be

participating in the Paired-Exchange Transplant Program

at the University of Utah. My daughter's kidney would

be given to someone else (in this case someone from the

National Transplant Registry, one of 110,00 people

waiting for a kidney). This exchange would make it

possible for me to receive the Good Samaritan's kidney.

We were finally on our way to a kidney transplant!