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I need information to add to a post on Facebook for a living donor?

Transplants | Last Active: Apr 21, 2023 | Replies (11)
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@gingerw

@stephanierp Great post and letter! My husband received a deceased donor kidney October 1, 2016, after 5.5 years on dialysis. What I found interesting, is that both of his children expressed a desire to be evaluated to be a match for him, as a living donor. But then, they changed their minds for reasons still unknown.
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stephanierp | @stephanierp | Apr 14, 2023

My transplant coordinator once told me, "You will be surprised by who tests. People you think will come forward, will not feel comfortable with it. And people you never thought of, will come forward to test. It's not about how much they love you. It is something else, entirely."

And she was right. Very few family members of mine tested. They were not comfortable with it. Which is okay, because no one owes me their kidney. My actual donor, had only met me once about 20 years before the transplant and she didn't hesitate for a minute. She said she had always thought of doing it.

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