Our dear friend will be starting her testing this week for donating her kidney to Mark. I still find it absolutely mind-blowing that people will step up and be willing to do this for Mark. It is these selfless acts that make me analyze my own life and want to do better for the transplant community. Updates to come as we find out more.
My own sister, Renee, went around and around just to see what her blood type was to see if she could be tested as well. Unfortunately, she is not a blood type match, but this also shows me the selfless act and determination to help.
I posted a video yesterday and if the latest tests do not work, I will be looking into doing the paired kidney exchange. My own blood type does not match Mark, but I know someone out there is sitting by the phone waiting to hear the phone call from Mayo that they have a kidney or going to dialysis 3 times a week that would do anything to have a kidney.
In a couple of weeks, I will be able to go visit Mark in California. His company was able to purchase the plane tickets for me to go visit him. I am super excited and will hopefully make the last few weeks away from Mark go by that much faster.
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