My Sister Cindy
The Kidney Transplant !!!
I'm the youngest of 5, my sister Cindy has been ill for over 10 years
with a kidney disease.
September 2004, the doctors
told her that if she did not find a kidney donor soon, she could die.
So out of 5 children, I matched perfectly.
This was a scary procedure, and
I was going to need to be off work for several weeks.
I
had 3 children and a house full of cats, thinking what if ?
I knew that I had to do this for
my sister.
So Friday December 5th 2004 we met at the hospital at 6am and my heart was racing
so fast I thought I was going to pass out.
The whole
waiting room was completely full with friends and family, we all cried for each other, we hugged and kissed before they called
us back.
They called us back, and I remember walking down the hall and around the corner to the surgery
room, I went to the left and my sister went to the right.
We embraced telling each other it's going t be alright.
The next thing I remember is waking
up in our room full of people smiling and telling me the surgery went perfectly.
I looked to my left
in the bed were my sister was lying, I could not believe how bright and pink her complexion was, before the surgery her complexion
was very grey.
She was so happy, I could see it
in her face that she felt alive and well again.
The
next day we decided to make ourselves get up and walk, I admit it was very painful. we walked at least 3 times around
the nurses station.
The doctors and nurses were so amazed we were doing so well, not
to mention, we had no drugs after the surgery, just Tylenol.
We were released on Sunday December
7, just 2 days after the transplant.
Well it's been 5 years now and my sister is doing great, she is a
full time manager at a large chain of beauty-shops.
Sis, I Love You
