Moving forward
Well, hello there! Guess what?!?! I have an UPDATE!!!! Y'all may remember that I mentioned in my last post that I had a potential living donor who has generously volunteered to go through the testing process. Well...he isn't a match for me. BUT... he's open to a paired donation, which is where they match us with another pair (or multiple pairs) to swap kidneys. So, in other words, he won't donate directly to me. Instead, his kidney will go to another person on the list who also has a living donor. Then that living donor (or another one) will give to me. So...the news is that he is approved and now fully listed! The way I envision this is... Imagine you're going to a concert. You get in the line, buy a ticket, and now you're in the venue with thousands and thousands of other people. Groups of people are in their sections, but they aren't allowed to go to different sections. This is like the cadaver donor list. Lots, an...