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Rob showing off his pot of gold!
« on: February 24, 2009, 08:00:00 AM »
Rob has a donor who has been testing for him for the past few months.  He had his last test on Sunday (scan of the kidneys) and we got the news yesterday that all is good!  His kidney function is so great (over 190%) that when Rob has his transplant, his donor's one kidney will actually do the work of 2.  We don't have an exact date yet, but most likely it will happen in April.  The surgeon wants his donor to lose another 12lbs, just to be on the safe side of recovery.  So, he's approved, but they want him to lose those pounds and a date will be set. 

We are so thrilled and grateful for this selfless man.  We met him on matchingdonors.com and he contacted Rob due to the town we live in.  This man lives in NY State, but grew up in the town we are living in now.  His parents live about 5 mins from us.  We all think it was fate and ask he said to me yesterday "This was just meant to be".  He is the nicest person you would ever want to meet.  He is very excited to do this.  Amazing that a total stranger would want to help out another stranger, but there are so many good people in this world.  He's our angel and will forever be a big part of our family.  It's so nice to see a huge light at the end of the tunnel!   :yahoo;
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Wife to Rob who is currently doing Nx Stage Home Hemo Dialysis.

11/17/09 After 4 years on dialysis, Rob received a kidney from our George.  Kidney is working great!  YEAH!!!!
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« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2009, 08:02:09 AM »
I'm so happy for you!

Best of luck to both donor and recipient!           :yahoo;
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« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2009, 08:13:42 AM »
Fantastic news indeed  :clap; :clap;

There are many good people out in the world.
They are just hard to find many times it seems.
What a great GREAT thing to happen for you ALL.

I can only imagine how you must all feel :thumbup;
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« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2009, 08:23:03 AM »
 :yahoo; That's fantastic news! Here's hoping things progress smoothly!   :2thumbsup;
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Jenna is our daughter, bad bladder damaged her kidneys.
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Found a swap living donor using social media, friends, family.
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« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2009, 09:15:16 AM »
 :2thumbsup;  :2thumbsup;  That is great news!!!!!!!!  :2thumbsup;







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« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2009, 09:20:14 AM »
 :clap; Great news, keep us posted.  :cuddle;
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« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2009, 09:57:11 AM »
How wonderful!   We all love our true life heros - organ donors.   I am so happy for all of you   :clap;
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« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2009, 02:30:51 PM »
Congratulations! now the real wait continues.  :yahoo;
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« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2009, 02:53:50 PM »
  :cheer:  Yay! This is wonderful news!!!  :cuddle;
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« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2009, 07:51:23 PM »
Yippeeeee!!!! Pee being the most important part of that, of course  ;) 
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« Reply #10 on: February 24, 2009, 09:15:43 PM »
This is excellent news!! :yahoo; :yahoo;  And a big hug to the donor!  :grouphug;  What wonderful news, indeed!!!  We will be there with you guys the whole way.  So keep us posted.  Suggest that the donor visit us at IHD as well.
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« Reply #11 on: February 26, 2009, 11:26:37 AM »
 :yahoo; :yahoo; :yahoo;  fantastic, i'm so happy for both of you.
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« Reply #12 on: February 28, 2009, 05:41:14 AM »
wow skye that's an amazing story, I am thrilled for both of you and your family  :cuddle;
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« Reply #13 on: February 28, 2009, 01:56:31 PM »
 :bandance; :bandance;  Great news. 

Bring on the peeeee.    :cheer:
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« Reply #14 on: February 28, 2009, 03:03:13 PM »
 :thumbup; :thumbup;
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« Reply #15 on: February 28, 2009, 04:45:33 PM »
 :cheer:  :clap; :2thumbsup; :yahoo;  :bandance; this is great news!
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« Reply #16 on: February 28, 2009, 11:05:02 PM »
Hope everything works out and the pee gods rain down upon the to be blessed with a working kidney ASAP. :bandance; :bandance; :urcrazy; ;D
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« Reply #17 on: February 28, 2009, 11:16:00 PM »
 :yahoo; great news, keep us posted  :cuddle;
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