I had a plan. It was a great plan.
See… I have two kidneys (you probably do too).
My mother-in-law needed one, just one.
I was going to give my kidney up so she could get one. I was worked up as a donor, entered into a kidney swap program and was waiting for the call.
The way this relates to fishing goes like this.
Is there any fishing trip I couldn’t take if I had donated a kidney so my mother-in-law could have one?
I mean… Christmas Island maybe? “Honey, I really need to get out there and see Christmas Island, ya know, to savor life after my kidney donation. How is your mom doing anyway?”
See? WHAT A PLAN!
Yesterday though, thanks to the really wonderful last act of an anonymous organ donor from New Mexico, my MIL got a new kidney. This is, of course, great news. I will continue to be able to take Advil (you can’t do that on one kidney) and come Thanksgiving or Christmas, I will be able to brine the turkey (salt a no-no for someone on dialysis).
My “I can take any trip I want” plans are in ruins, but, I guess it may be worth it. I’ll just have to negotiate the old fashioned way for trips to come.
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Tags: Kidney
That offer was a lifesaving gift, good on you! You probably put her on the top of the organ recipient list because of it!!! There about a hundred thousands of people waiting for a kidney with no one to donate one and she’d be at the bottom of the list with them! https://www.kidney.org/news/newsroom/factsheets/Organ-Donation-and-Transplantation-Stats
You deserve a trip to Christmas Island on your MIL/FIL tab because of your willingness! I have a fishing club buddy who gave one up and it’s no picnic, he can assure you! Furthermore , my son was recently diagnosed with Chronic Kidney disease and there was a time a few months ago when he might have neeeded a kidney. He’s improved for the moment and is out of immediate danger but not totally out of the woods. I appreciate you all the more because of my personal involvement.
It has been a crazy ride. I was going to do it… but I don’t mind being out of the woods. Have to think in 20 years we’ll have some sort of fix for growing new kidneys. Just a matter of time.