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Hello all,
A lovely pre-Friday bonus blog was posted today! We are talking about living liver donation in our recent post. Were any of you able to have a liver transplant from a living donor? In this post, we celebrate living donor and the process, and we educate hoping more people will take that first step to be tested for a friend or loved one. Living donation is one of the ways we can help cut down on wait times and get more people transplanted who are waiting for their life-saving gift. Share the post with your friends and family, and hopefully they will share with theirs!
http://mayocl.in/2wdcFIY
Have a wonderful weekend!
Kristin
Replies to "Hello all, A lovely pre-Friday bonus blog was posted today! We are talking about living liver..."
Congrats on your son's transplant-versary. And welcome to Connect. Your experiences would be welcome additions in any or all of these discussions on Connect:
- Happy "Transplantiversary"! https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/happy-transplantiversary/
- Changes after Transplant https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/changes-after-transplant/
- Living Life after your Transplant https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/living-life-after-your-transplant/
- Living Donor https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/living-donor/
We look forward to learning more about your story supporting a young adult through the transplant process.
@sandyblair - Congratulations! What a expression of love you son gave you to last a lifetime. I hope you are able to share such a successful story with others so people can learn about living organ donation (kidney and liver). Ignorance on the subject seems to be common. And what an encouragement for me (will need a kidney transplant in about one year) that you are celebrating 16 years with your new liver. Thank you for sharing.
Lynn
Yes Lynn , my son is definitely my here ! And he is very humble abut his gift to me ! Every year when I thank him for my life , he tries to make light of it ! I love him so much !
I do share my story whenever I have the opportunity! If you know of any other media or other type of group that I can be involved in , I am available!
Correction, My Hero !
@sandyblair I adore both my son and my daughter but there is something special about the mother-son relationship. He is my biggest support and my inspiration to get fit. He volunteered to be a live liver donor for me but I didn't want him to because I felt it would impact his job a lot, whereas my daughter is a freelancer and can telecommute.
I know if my condition worsened to a point where it was imperative for me to get a transplant he would have been on the next plane across the country -- we are east coast, he is west coast. Thank God, it did not come to that.
JK
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Yes I did benefit from a live donor liver transplant ! My son was 23 years old at the time! And I celebrated that this week September 10 , 2001 , 16 years !
My son has not had any health problems as a result!
God has truly blessed me !