The Call...

[angieskidney]

I remember it was around 9pm (maybe 7pm) on April 10th 1990... I was jumping up and down .. I was 16 years old .. I didn't know much .. next thing I know we are on our way to Toronto 4 hrs up north from my city and then I am in the hospital. I guess it went well cuz after the surgery my mom said the nurses were telling everyone "she peed on the table" (which is a good thing .. they were saying it excitedly)

It lasted 11 years

[LT514]

With my two cadaveric kidneys, I JUST KNEW. One, I was late for work, I just kept watching the phone. I keep hearing, "You're going to be late..." I said, "Give me a few minutes"....I went over to the phone and it rang. It was a kidney, 8am.
The second, I had my graduation party, and I turned to my boyfriend and said, "There is only one thing that would make this more perfect...if I got a kidney tomorrow." I woke up the next day, did some errands, went to bed. I couldn't sleep. I was hot. I paced downstairs for about ten minutes...and the call came. Had I not gone downstairs, I would not have heard it. My ringer was turned off.
You just get a feeling. Something feels different that day. You just know...

[thom]

Mine was SO long ago, but I got called in October of 1987 and went in for the final cross match.  They put me in a hospital bed and they came in and said it was a "Positive Match" I was SO excited until I looked around and the Dr was not excited.  Positive match means they reacted to each other.  You want a negative match.  I went into a deep depression and decided to try CAPD instead of Hemo.  I did well on CAPD.

The next call I got was February 1988.  I did the cross match and was put in a room.  The nurse came in and said "it is a go."  So, I got up and started to get dressed.  She said "what are you doing you are 'going' to surgery."  I thought "go" meant "go home." 
So, that kidney lasted 17 years.   

17 years! that's awesome.