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    1 Month Anniversary – 4 weeks post transplant!


    2010 - 03.24

    Yesterday was my first month with my new kidney, 4 weeks post transplant! It has been a challenging & busy first month, loss of two beloved family members, weekly labs twice a week, weekly clinic visits, ER trips & I started back @ school last night (wasn’t going to but professor totally working with me!) I am resting a whole lot & just so thankful for the energy that I am already feeling. I know I am still healing & adjusting to everything so I am resting just as much as the activity I am doing. It’s a balance I’ve learned thorough my dialysis days but a little more challenging now that I feel better. I look in the mirror and see the person that I looked like before my kidney failure, very thin and that means I’m looking much younger, now my boys are really not going to want me at their schools. I’m very thankful each week that my labs have improved & all the little things that I wasn’t able to do before transplant and only know it will get better with time! I am thankful for the continued thoughts & prayers, I know my covering & protection to truly receive this gift of life is because of this, so my deepest gratitude! “The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts.”

    ~Romans 5:5 God is good all the time!

    Have a blessed day its beautiful outside!

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    My Transplant on SacBee & SF Chronicle!


    2010 - 03.17

    Oh wow this is my transplant story and had no idea 8 people was involved. This is soo amazing I can’t even express what I’m feeling right now!  Also, SF Chronicle in todays paper~

    http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/16/2609683/four-lives-saved-in-complicated.html

     

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    When an altruistic stranger arrived at the UC Davis Medical Center with a kidney to give, it set in motion a chain of linked donations that would ultimately save the lives of four Northern California residents over two days.

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    True Life: I Need a Transplant


    2010 - 03.16

    Just watched True Life “I need a transplant” Watch the episode online http://www.mtv.com/shows/truelife/series.jhtml and preview another side of my kidney story and transplantation in general!

     

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    Free full episode videos, photos, full episodes and recaps of True Life on MTV.com.

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    Transplant Update


    2010 - 02.27

    As you all know my sister had a kidney transplant done this pass Tuesday and thanks to all of your prayers, the surgery went well. Unfortunately her kidney is still sleeping and she had to do dialysis again, which she was not very happy with. The doctor’s were concerned due o her kidney’s not working as of yet that she had to do a biopsy on Wednesday, labs on Thursday, and a scan on her condition yesterday. The recovery process is now more difficult because her kidney won’t wake up. The good news is that all her testing and labs came back with good results. The doctor’s had said it can take up to 4 to 6 weeks for the kidney to start getting used to her body chemistry. The doctor’s concern was only because in most cases when the transplant happens with a live donor, it starts functioning immediately. So the only advice they had given us now is to be patient.
     
    I spent the evening with Maribel last night to releave Daniel because he has stayed here all week while my mom took care of the boy’s. She is so amazing to me! She truly is a strong woman of faith and tenacity. I admire my little sister!
     
    I will keep you posted with more updates. They are going to keep her here in the hospital throughout the weekend and decide on Monday when they are able to release her.
     
    My only requests is for more continued prayers that her kidney’s awaken and start functioning soon. We had a full house in the waiting room and I sat there thinking to myself how blessed we are to have family who truly loves unconditionally.

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    The Day Has Finally Come!


    2010 - 02.16

    I wanted to share some great new! Today I received a phone call from UC Davis that they wanted me to be a part of a 4-way living donor transplant exchange! Basically a good samaritan, volunteered to give their kidney to the exchange. My donor was willing to give a kidney in exchange to help their husband. I was chosen to receive that kidney from the wait list! As we started the year in fasting and prayer the breakthrough is hear and God is answering. The perfect timing, the perfect donor, the perfect match, only God himself can orchestrate such a beautiful miracle! Pray for me as I prepare this week, tomorrow is the pre-opt appointment. The surgery date will take place next Tuesday, February 23rd at UC Davis. I just wanted to share the great news, and will share more when I get more details which gladly I will because this is God’s testimony of His miracle and gift of life!

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