A lot has happened since my last post. The big news is I have a date to donate my kidney—February 8th at Swedish in Seattle!
Okay, so a lot has happened since my last post. To catch up a bit, I started the process with both UW and Swedish but Swedish seemed to really be on the ball.
The biggest part was I really felt good about the surgeon (180 degree difference from my experience at VM). The VM guy had nothing prepared, only asked us what our questions were and kept looking at his watch and phone like we were a real inconvenience to him.
The guy at Swedish said he had some standard things he likes to go over and then he’d take questions afterwards. He then explained the history of kidney donations, his experience (over 200 successful ones!), all the risk factors they look for and how my numbers stack up to those and the entire procedure. 2.5 hours later, I left knowing I had found my surgeon—someone who I trust, knew what they’re doing and really seems to care about me…rather than me just being a warm body with a kidney.
So 2 weeks from now, I’ll be coming out of recovery. I’ll post more soon so stay tuned!
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We're really glad you found a Surgeon that you trust, that's so important! We'll do whatever we can to help during your recovery!
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Wow, sounds like you're on you're way! That is very admirable, Zach. I used to give blood all the time until they decided they didn't want mine anymore for fear of mad cow disease...You're giving someone an immeasurably wonderful and generous gift.
ReplyDeleteZach, this is so awesome. I haven't looked at your blogs before so this is news. My sister is entering the long process of finding a kidney. Of course we are hoping that a family member or friend will be a match. I don't get to because of a heart condition... :(! Blessings for giving the gift of life to somoene! Jeanette
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