Bye, Bye Kidney

After several blood tests, a glucose test, chest x-ray, EKG, Abdominal CT scan, (3) 24-hour urine collections, a routine physical examination, mammogram, meeting with a social worker, the nurse coordinator, a surgeon, and nephrologist, I have finally been approved to donate my kidney to Lannette. It's has certainly been an interesting process. I have experienced the low of spilling a jug filled with 24-hours of my urine on the floor of my car (thanks to the idiot driver who pulled out in front of me to cross traffic about 100 yards from the hospital) to the high of the spiritual moments this experience has provided me.

Lannette went into kidney failure in January with an unexpected illness. She has spent the last eight months in dialysis three days a week. She spends this time away from her boys for almost six hours a day (and she's a single mom). She's unable to work and almost always exhausted. She's hasn't been herself and I am SO unbelievably thrilled to have the opportunity to help her resume a normal life.

The surgery is scheduled for October 28th and I will spend two weeks in Seattle following surgery to ensure that I am doing well before traveling home to Utah.