Gift for donor

[donnia]

I am thinking of putting a package together for my donor.  Anyone have any ideas on what to include in the package???  I was thinking of.... snacks, juice, magazines...... and maybe an angel of some sort.  Ideas??

[donnia]

Okay, on another board I got the ideas of....................  snacks, juice, magazines, comfy pj's, slippers, movies,  nice card from the heart, 

Any other ideas?

[KT0930]

When I got a transplant from my dad, I misunderstood what the neph called the surgery dad would have...I thought he said "nerfrectomy" rather than nephrectomy...so I went with it (remember my family has kind of an odd sense of humor). I got a big Mason jar, stuffed a small pink nerf football into it, then poured in some water, just a drop of bleach and a couple of drops of yellow food coloring. I then wrote "Nerf"-rectomy on the outside of the jar, and presented it to him the day before the surgery. That was in 2002, and he still has it.

[stauffenberg]

Ludicrous as it may seem, if there is any monetary value in the 'gift' you give your donor that could be interpreted as payment for the transplant and get you in legal trouble.  Although one would hope the law enforcement authorities would exhibit a little common sense, the sad fact is that they are often over-zealous and prosecute merely technical breaches of the law as though they were substantive.  Fortunately the judge usually dismisses these cases as 'de minimus,' too small to amount to a genuine crime, but who wants all the hassle first?

[donnia]

Ludicrous as it may seem, if there is any monetary value in the 'gift' you give your donor that could be interpreted as payment for the transplant and get you in legal trouble.  Although one would hope the law enforcement authorities would exhibit a little common sense, the sad fact is that they are often over-zealous and prosecute merely technical breaches of the law as though they were substantive.  Fortunately the judge usually dismisses these cases as 'de minimus,' too small to amount to a genuine crime, but who wants all the hassle first?

Wow!  ludicrous is right!   

[donnia]

When I got a transplant from my dad, I misunderstood what the neph called the surgery dad would have...I thought he said "nerfrectomy" rather than nephrectomy...so I went with it (remember my family has kind of an odd sense of humor). I got a big Mason jar, stuffed a small pink nerf football into it, then poured in some water, just a drop of bleach and a couple of drops of yellow food coloring. I then wrote "Nerf"-rectomy on the outside of the jar, and presented it to him the day before the surgery. That was in 2002, and he still has it.

LOL, very cute!

The best idea I have been given so far  is...... a journal.  Get one for both of us so we can document our experience.  Very cool idea!

[tamara]

I wrote Allan a poem:  A part of me is a part of you.

I got my sister to give it to him in a frame the day of the transplant, and now it sits proudly in our bedroom.

[donnia]

Awww...  I like that Tamara.

[monrein]

Donnia, if you Google "organ donation poetry" you'll find some lovely poems that others have written.  You could choose some of them and put them together or be inspired to write your own.
Also how about a kidney shaped charm in silver maybe.  In Victorian England a "lucky bean" which looks like a kidney to me was usually included on a charm bracelet.  I have a bracelet I inherited from my great grandmother and that's the only charm it has on it.

[spacezombie]

Ludicrous as it may seem, if there is any monetary value in the 'gift' you give your donor that could be interpreted as payment for the transplant and get you in legal trouble.

LOL, I totally choked on my drink when I read this. Anyway...
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When my boyfriend was first "wooing" me he bought me a little stuffed kidney and a kidney mug which I still have. I was thinking of sewing him a little kidney man to replace the one he is giving me. I also wanted to buy him a Playstation portable so he'd have something to do in the hospital, but after that warning I think not. =P

[thegrammalady]

Ludicrous as it may seem, if there is any monetary value in the 'gift' you give your donor that could be interpreted as payment for the transplant and get you in legal trouble.

LOL, I totally choked on my drink when I read this. Anyway...
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When my boyfriend was first "wooing" me he bought me a little stuffed kidney and a kidney mug which I still have. I was thinking of sewing him a little kidney man to replace the one he is giving me. I also wanted to buy him a Playstation portable so he'd have something to do in the hospital, but after that warning I think not. =P

i'd go ahead and give it to him. giving gifts to your boyfriend is acceptable (donor, what's that)

[okarol]

Donor Patrice had given Jenna a silver necklace with a charm that said "Live Your Life" on the day we first met her in person. After the transplant I gave Patrice a silver necklace - an Elsa Peralta "bean" from Tiffany's.

[kidneyx3]

  Check out cafepress.com, it's a t-shirt website, then type in "kidney donation." They have some really heart-felt sayings on them and some pretty hilarious one's too! How do you get through something like this without having a laugh!

[waitlisted]

I gave a Tiffany bean to my wife.

[donnia]

Well.... I have made my donor a basket with.....snacks, drinks, pj's, bootie socks, crosses, a tshirt, candles, chocolate chocolate and more chocolate,  a Willow Tree angel, and a plaque that says " If you always give... you will always have.  I will try to remember and take a picture of the basket ... its huge    Oh yes, I got she and I matching journals and i got her a Tiffany bean necklace.

(If anyone asks..... it was just a .. ummm...  birthday present.... yes yes... a birthday present for my friend..... has nothing to do with her being my donor... ok?  ok ... )

[monrein]

Wow.  That sounds amazing and perfect.  Ya done good girl.

[donnia]

Thanks!  I had a blast putting it together!  Im sure I will find a few more things to put in it...  I'm always looking.

[okarol]

We also got Patrice a coffee mug that said "My Hero" - I don't think they make the same one anymore, but here's another http://www.wrapables.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=C59570&prodlist=gifts

[MyRenalRomance]

I realize this response is a little off topic, but a friend of my brother's (my donor) brought him a gift in the hospital:  a can of kidney beans!  (sorry if it seems funnier to me than it should, but if you knew my brother and his friends . . . you'd understand!)

[donnia]

I realize this response is a little off topic, but a friend of my brother's (my donor) brought him a gift in the hospital:  a can of kidney beans!  (sorry if it seems funnier to me than it should, but if you knew my brother and his friends . . . you'd understand!)

Priceless!