My Kidney Donor Story- ! am almost 72 years old. My 45 y o son had IgA nephropathy which progressed to him needing peritoneal dialysis over a year ago. I was originally screened to be a kidney donor at Mayo Jacksonville but was turned down because of "short renal arteries". I got a second opinion at Mayo Rochester and was approved as the surgeon thought my renal arteries were not short. I was put in the paired donor program. A total of 6 of us had our surgery on 3/31/2022 ( 3 donors and 3 recipients). My son was one of the recipients. My son and I are doing fine. I tried to communicate with the recipient of my kidney via 2 emails but I have heard nothing back. Of note is my father had a heart transplant in about 1991 and he lived till 2001. My father saw several grandchildren grow up because of his heart transplant, I regularly donate blood. I encourage others to be donors.