(Does anyone know if there is a way to post without it being in response to another post? 🙂 I am an NP at Mayo and am in the testing phase of donating a kidney. I completed the first day of testing Friday and it was so good to see what my patient's go through in a busy day!
I was blessed to be able to find my way around, but still found the day a little exhausting. The 18 hour blood pressure testing and the 24 hour urine testing made the day, umm challenging. BTW we went to a movie that night and I thought the bp machine would not be audible to others but of course it seemed to go off when the movie was quiet... the couple in front of us turned around a couple of times at first. I apologized after the movie and he said he is a cancer patient at Mayo and they figured out right away what it was 🙂 They were very nice! So, back to my day.. everyone I met was SO nice and helpful! The process is very thorough and for good reason. So far all of my results are good and I have two more days of testing next Thursday and Friday. When I was asked at what percent I was interested in doing this I said %100!!! I have worked at Mayo for two years (we came here after my sister had been working here for 30 years already!) and feel confident in the care and the people I have met have been amazing!

Enough rambling 🙂 I would love prayers that the rest of my testing turns out good and I am able to proceed with donating!
Thanks!