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sonia
Member Username: Soniadonor
Post Number: 43 Registered: 03-2009
| Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 11:50 am: |
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Hey gang, One year ago today, I donated my kidney to a 53yr old man. I've never met this man and I hope that someday I will. In recovery, I was told the surgery was a success. I hope that he continues to be healthy. I hope that if he has a family, that he can spend more time being active with his children and grandchildren. If he has a wife or significant other, I hope that he has a healthy and loving relationship with them. If he has a job, I hope that he is now physically able to go to work daily and succeed. If he has a home, I hope that he can mow his own lawn and fix things around the house. I hope he is physically able to exercise regularily, go for walks, ride a bike. I hope he eats almost anything he wants. These are just some of my hopes. Quite simple ey? But when you are sick, you want these things so badly! And I also wonder all sorts of stuff, like does he live in Minnesota? Did he check out the new Twins Stadium? Does he prefer beer or wine? Is he in love? What are his faults- is he stubborn, is he always running late, is he too blunt- he must be human!? It is been a year, I guess I have to call him my 54yr old man now. If he is ever in our TX buddies community someday, if he reads this, I hope he writes. Hugs, Sonia
Non-direct kidney donor, Oct 2009 Minneapolis, MN, USA "We exist temporarily through what we take but, we live forever through what we give." Douglas M. Lawson |
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Hostess Meagan
Forum Leader Username: Newheart14
Post Number: 1461 Registered: 01-2009
| Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 01:35 pm: |
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Hi Sonia, What an amazing person you are. Thank you for donating to this gentleman. He is probably doing all the things you wish for in your post thanks to your very generous gift of life to him. I hope one day you will get to meet him. Bless you. Hugs, Meagan
Forum Leader Heart-Liver Transplant - February 14, 2008 Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy 1991 and CHF - Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept trying when there seemed to be no hope at all - Dale Carnegie - Bumps in the road can sometimes be mountains, so I have learned to climb mountains - Meagan
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LadyDi
Forum Leader Username: Ladydi
Post Number: 2481 Registered: 03-2008
| Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 02:24 pm: |
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Congratulations on one year Sonia! You are a special lady! Hope you are having a wonderful day! How are you feeling? Doing okay?
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max
Forum Leader Username: Max
Post Number: 75 Registered: 09-2010
| Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 07:39 pm: |
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Hi Sonia, Congratulations on the 1 yr anniversary - I've been having a lot of thoughts on the recipient on my kidney. All I know at this time is that the recipient is a child - and the surgery was a success. I wonder if I will be contacted - at this time I'm comforted in knowing, that if God wants me to know - "I will" Congratulations again - I hope you have a great day - " OCTODONOR"
max 10.20.2010 non-directed kidney donor 'OCTODONOR' "We are continually faced with great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems." |
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Heather
Forum Leader Username: Heather
Post Number: 3121 Registered: 05-2003
| Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 09:35 pm: |
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Sonia, congratulations on your one year anniversary. I hope you and your recipient are both doing well. I hope you have many, many more anniversaries~
Heather Forum Leader - Living Organ Donation Heather's Blog EC Illinois, USA Kidney donor to dad 12/1/99 Rush-Presbyterian-St. Lukes, Chicago DONATE LIFE |
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Rise
Board Administrator Username: Rise
Post Number: 14755 Registered: 05-2003
| Posted on Friday, October 29, 2010 - 08:48 am: |
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Dear Sonia You are such a beautiful person. You are a living example to many of us about how to give from your heart. Happy Giving Anniversary to you May your life continue to be rich and blessed with such a beautiful soul. with love Rise'
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Chad
Member Username: Horace_mann
Post Number: 144 Registered: 12-2008
| Posted on Friday, October 29, 2010 - 09:32 am: |
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Sonia & Max - your experiences certainly give me pause. I went into non-directed donation with the understanding I would never know the recipient and was ok with that. The information release form signed by the recipient that greeted me as I was admitted was a complete surprise. It was a name and an email address - that was it. Two weeks would pass before we officially met but I did get a beautiful phone call from her mother after being back home a couple of days. Over the past three years I've wondered how long our relationship would last and have been grateful that we've stayed in contact - more with her mother than with her. It might not always be that way but while it lasts I'll welcome it. With time I hope the reasons we remain friends become greater and more numerous than the reason we became friends. I can see that happening. I'll also offer this: there's something very pure and uniquely beautiful about never knowing. I have no doubts the hopes Sonia expressed are all true because what you both did is all about hope....Max and Sonia had such an abundance of hope that they couldn't help but share their hope with someone else. It's a love story like no other.
Chad - non-directed kidney donor Oct. 2007 'OCTODONOR' |
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