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[galasso]

I had an interesting (positive) experience throughout September. Backstory: In 1996, when I was 15, I had my first kidney transplant, with my (adoptive) father as the donor. During the surgery, the artery kinked, causing a significant amount of damage to the kidney. It was never able to get the body to produce blood without Epogen, Procrit, or Retacrit; and never brought my creatinine below 2.0. My main nephrologist wanted to keep me on the transplant list since she didn’t think it was going to make it, then a prediction that it would just get me out of High School (1999) then “maybe just out of college”. In 2015, the nurse practitioner saw the numbers declining and thought I was starting to lose the kidney. After some doing, in 2019, I was relisted for the kidney transplant, but my dad’s kidney bounced back to low 20’s so I was put on hold. On 9/2/2022 I got a call saying that I have been reactivated on the transplant list and to “Keep my phone on me”. On 9/9/2022, I got a call at 10:00am saying I had a kidney offer: Sadly, it belonged to a man in his early to mid 20’s who had gotten into a car accident and didn’t make it. I accepted and had surgery that afternoon. The new kidney has my creatinine at 1.09 and GFR at 87. I had the sutures removed on 10/3/2022 and the stent removed on 10/10/2022. (I was working remote before the transplant, which is why) I’m set to return to work on 10/17/2022.

[plugger]

Great News!!!     May that kidney do you right for a good long time!  I also can testify they can.  Looks like you and my daughter are proof a transplant can last quite awhile!  I gave her a kidney back in October of 2000 when she was 18 - and she still has it!  There have been a few bumps along the road, but the kidney has held up!  May you keep on rolling!

[SooMK]

What wonderful numbers. May it always be so!

[okarol]

That's awesome! It just goes to show, they never can predict an outcome.
So happy for you and your new bean!

[cassandra]

Congrats!!!