The Results are In......

Friday June 19th was the day of the Transplant Committee meeting.  I asked the donor coordinator how many of the cases that made it to the committee meeting were approved for surgery.  She said only about 50%.  If they didn't approve me it would be because they thought it would be dangerous for me to go through surgery, not because I had said or done something wrong.  Still...I was worried.  I wanted to give this piece of me to someone in need.  I had already been praying for this person somewhere out there that was waiting for a new kidney.  I wanted the committee to say yes but was worried they would say no. 

I stayed pretty busy that Friday morning.  My son and I went to see the movie "Inside Out" with some friends from church.  I thought the movie would be a good distraction but I still found myself checking my phone every 10 minutes or so to see if I had missed a call. 

After the movie I continued checking my phone.  I think I wore myself out with worry and ended up taking a nap.  I woke up when my phone buzzed.  I jumped out of bed to see if it was a call from the transplant center but it turned out to be a text from a friend seeing if I had heard anything yet.  Just out of habit I checked my email and found that I had received an email almost 2 hours earlier from the donor coordinator.

The committee approved me.  I am approved for surgery. 

Thanks be to God. 

After calls to my husband and parents and a few friends, I responded to the email with what has become my standard question: "Great! So what's next?" 

The next step was to find a match for my kidney.  I continued my prayers for this unknown person and hoped that the match would be found quickly.