So it seems like the past two weeks there has been kidney transplants everywhere we look. Ok maybe not everywhere but to two different people in our families! Its been so amazing to see the Lord's hand in each of their stories! First of all on the 11th of January Bryan's sister Jenny gave her kidney to her husband Lane. Its very rare that a husband and wife have a perfect match kidney! They both are doing very well and recovering fast!
Then today my brother Aaron finally got his KIDNEY! I am so extremely happy for him and his wife! This will be a life changing event in their life! For almost four years he has been on dialysis and has had one complication after another! On Friday he got a call that there was a possible match for him, so he headed down to SLC. Everything matched and surgery was set for Saturday morning. Well, his surgery got bumped. The transplant team had a liver transplant to do before him, but that took longer than expected and since the surgeon needed to sleep they pushed it back to Sunday morning. Then there was one more hick up in the plan...Aarons levels were to high! So they had to do one last dialysis treatment to bring the levels in check. About 1:00 pm Aaron was wheeled in to the OR. By 5:00 the kidney was in and pink and healthy! I had to laugh when I got a text from my mom saying that Aaron was producing urine! I have never been so happy to hear about PEE! :) By 6:30ish he was back in his room and instantly grabbing for the remote to watch the big NFL game!
It seems like the past three days was a roller-coaster. One second excited for the kidney, sad and scared when plans changed and overwhelmed with graduated when it was over! I know that the Lord has been in control and has spared Aaron many times! I know that my family will forever be thankful for the gift that he received from his doner. I hope that the family who is suffering their loss at this time can find comfort and peace.
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