Hello everyone, as some of you know I am current out because of a dirt jumping crash that resulted in a dislocated shoulder as well as a broken humerus. Something else has come up that is probably going to put me out for another month or two.
A long time friend of mine who at age 9 got a kidney disease that killed both of her kidneys. Because nobody in her family was a match, she ended up getting a transplant from being on the waiting list from a young boy who died in a car crash. It has been almost 13 years since then and her transplanted kidney is now failing. It is currently at about 3% usage and has her going to dialysis 4 days a week.
The real crappy thing now is that the waiting list for her to get a new kidney is about 7 years. To make things worse, I dont know if any of you know but when you kidney isnt working right; lots of things dont work right. She is exhausted all the time from the dialysis, nauseous all the time - she has actually lost 30 lbs in the last couple months because she cannot eat anything without getting sick. She also has an irregular heartbeat and cannot sleep (she gets around 2-3 hours if shes lucky a night). Along with lots of other really not so awesome things.
It is really hard to see someone so close to you go through all of this. So my mom and I went to the doctor to see if we could be a possible blood match to her. I give blood whenever there is a drive near by so it wasnt anything new to me. It ended up I was a match but my mom was not. Me being a match is pretty rare considering she has been on anti-rejection medicine as well as a bunch of other medications that make being a match much more difficult than just being a blood type match.
Anyways since I was a match, I decided to continue going through with a bunch of tests over the past few months to continue seeing if I was a match to her. Everything has gone perfectly. I have been a match with everything. So yesterday I just got word that dates for the transplant have been scheduled. As of right now it is scheduled to happen on the 9th of August. Its happening soon. I just thought I would share with you guys.
Would any of you do the same for your best friend of over 15 years? What are your guys thoughts?
A long time friend of mine who at age 9 got a kidney disease that killed both of her kidneys. Because nobody in her family was a match, she ended up getting a transplant from being on the waiting list from a young boy who died in a car crash. It has been almost 13 years since then and her transplanted kidney is now failing. It is currently at about 3% usage and has her going to dialysis 4 days a week.
The real crappy thing now is that the waiting list for her to get a new kidney is about 7 years. To make things worse, I dont know if any of you know but when you kidney isnt working right; lots of things dont work right. She is exhausted all the time from the dialysis, nauseous all the time - she has actually lost 30 lbs in the last couple months because she cannot eat anything without getting sick. She also has an irregular heartbeat and cannot sleep (she gets around 2-3 hours if shes lucky a night). Along with lots of other really not so awesome things.
It is really hard to see someone so close to you go through all of this. So my mom and I went to the doctor to see if we could be a possible blood match to her. I give blood whenever there is a drive near by so it wasnt anything new to me. It ended up I was a match but my mom was not. Me being a match is pretty rare considering she has been on anti-rejection medicine as well as a bunch of other medications that make being a match much more difficult than just being a blood type match.
Anyways since I was a match, I decided to continue going through with a bunch of tests over the past few months to continue seeing if I was a match to her. Everything has gone perfectly. I have been a match with everything. So yesterday I just got word that dates for the transplant have been scheduled. As of right now it is scheduled to happen on the 9th of August. Its happening soon. I just thought I would share with you guys.
Would any of you do the same for your best friend of over 15 years? What are your guys thoughts?
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