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« Reply #25 on: March 30, 2009, 12:43:41 PM »
Quote from: okarol on March 30, 2009, 10:26:01 AM

Pediatric patients, patients with high PRA's and living kidney donors are all given points to elevate their status on the wait list.


That is what I have been told, too.   :2thumbsup;
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« Reply #26 on: March 30, 2009, 02:42:12 PM »
Pardon my language, but it seems to me to be one big crap shoot!
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Take it one day, one hour, one minute, one second at a time.

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« Reply #27 on: March 30, 2009, 04:45:23 PM »
Quote from: kitkatz on March 30, 2009, 02:42:12 PM
Pardon my language, but it seems to me to be one big crap shoot!

Ha! That's not bad language - it refers to the game of "Craps" where shooters toss dice to win bets.
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« Reply #28 on: March 30, 2009, 05:56:32 PM »
I agree!  I said earlier it was just a roll of the dice.  I don't know how to play craps, so I don't even know what numbers I need when the dice are rolled  :rofl;   
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