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« on: April 14, 2011, 07:22:26 PM »
My transplant co-ordinator called me today and said I received a response from my donor!!! She is forwarding it to me!!  I can't wait to get it!!
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« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2011, 09:37:07 PM »
 :bow; That's great!
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« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2011, 12:51:28 AM »
What a nice thing to look forward to!
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« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2011, 04:30:46 AM »
That is wonderful news. I hope that someday we get a letter, too.

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« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2011, 06:36:59 AM »
That's so exciting.
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« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2011, 06:33:06 PM »
That is marvelous!   I think I will be extremely excited if I ever here from donor's family.   I hope the letter is wonderful and they are doing ok after their loss.   
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« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2011, 07:56:47 PM »
I received the letter and pictures from my donor today and I cried as I looked at her photos and read her letter out loud to my husband Mike! I will share some quotes from the letter:  How she learned about donation....

" I heard about a Chicago Public School teacher who donated a kidney to a cashier at his local grocery store. It struck me- I guess I just did not realize that kidney donations had moved beyond family to family. I researched and came across a town hall meeting at Loyola University in Maywood , Illinois- a suburb of Chicago. After work I drove over to Loyola and attended the meeting" ~ Becky (Carols' donor)

"When I arrived there were only 4 people there-2 from the hospital and 2 in the audience. The 2 ladies in the audience were interested in donating to their cousin. After hearing Dr. Milner talk about the Pay it Forward program and the National Kidney Registry, I felt I had to try. It was a fantastic program and if I didn't do it, there was no one else in that room, on that day at least, that would." ~ Becky
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Fistula placed April 2009
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Transplanted 1/6/11 (Chain Transplant My altruistic donor was  "Becky from Chicago" , and DH Mike donated on my behalf and the chain continued...)
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« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2011, 10:28:31 PM »
how wonderfuly touching.  im so glad you got this and can hold it dear..  heros are out there  :flower; :flower;
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« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2011, 10:31:18 PM »
Like Okarol always says... Living Donors rock!!!! :yahoo;
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Diagnosed with  PKD July 2002 (no family history)
Fistula placed April 2009
Placed on Transplant list April 2009
Started HD 10/6/10
Transplanted 1/6/11 (Chain Transplant My altruistic donor was  "Becky from Chicago" , and DH Mike donated on my behalf and the chain continued...)
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