Monday, March 23, 2009

...and my wait for a kidney transplant gets longer....and longer...and longer.

Thought I'd sneak back here and give you the latest, along with kind of a timeline.
March 4th, my living donor was supposed to have finished his testing.
The following Tuesday, which was March 10th, the Transplant Committee at the Cleveland Clinic was supposed to have reached a decision as to whether he'd be a good donor for me.
He already passed all of his testing--for the second time, he told me.
So it's up to the Transplant Committee, and they've now had two weeks to decide.
If there's one thing I cannot stand to believe, it's that maybe this never really happened in the first place.
I mean, I've heard about not trusting someone unless you've met them in person.
But this guy was so damned honest!! And besides, what kind of a person would ever string someone in my position along like that!!!
That would be just too inhumane.
So, I'm left to believe that the Transplant Committee just doesn't want to let us know of their decision, or that they want me to wait 5 years after all, even with a living donor telling them that he wants to be my donor.
5 years...of infection after infection after infection, all related to dialysis?????
No thank you! I'll quit right now, if it's gonna come down to that.
And, I'm gonna close here.
To think, March is almost over. I was supposed to get my transplant already by now...and nothing is happening yet.
Laaaaaaaaater.