tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648926369091231553.post3799697121699020601..comments2024-01-27T15:21:25.414-07:00Comments on Call Her Blessed: Am I Willing?Daiquirihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06040557437955969295noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648926369091231553.post-75777746332060569482008-09-11T21:09:00.000-06:002008-09-11T21:09:00.000-06:00Wow, well, first of all, welcome to the amazing jo...Wow, well, first of all, welcome to the amazing journey that is living donation -- I'm so proud of and inspired by you! I'm a past living liver donor myself, for my brother, two and a half years ago. I found your blog today by searching for blogs by potential living donors, because I know firsthand how critical it is that we find each other and offer each other emotional support and knowledge during this adventure. No matter what happens, what results you get back, what you decide as you weigh the pros and cons of becoming Kelli's donor -- you have given Kelli and the entire world a profound gift just by turning in that paperwork. I hope for you the courage and joy that my living donor journey brought me!<BR/><BR/>If you would like to network with other living donors, check out my blog at http://greatestgift.wordpress.com. I operate a nonprofit called the Greatest Gift Foundation that helps living donors find each other and get the support they need, so don't hesitate to reach out to me if we can help, okay?<BR/><BR/>All my best to you, and Kelli, to you too in your search! Stay strong, both of you, and THANK YOU for sharing your story online.<BR/><BR/>BeckyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648926369091231553.post-15906420950047763312008-09-05T16:24:00.000-06:002008-09-05T16:24:00.000-06:00Ooooh, scary. It's scary! That's why you're taking...Ooooh, scary. It's scary! That's why you're taking this so seriously. <BR/><BR/>I know you're good at researching though, and I bet, if you're a candidate, you'll educate yourself so well, you won't have any worries at all...right?<BR/><BR/>Here's to wishing you success in whatever comes of this. Kelli will be oh so grateful if this happens to be "the one". <BR/><BR/>Have you heard of CF Husband blog(Confessions of a Cistic Fibrosis Husband)? It's just wonderful. Click on my link on my blog if you want to see it.<BR/><BR/>I truly thought she (the wife) wasn't going to make it. I was almost begging in my mind for everyone to sign up and become a donor quick so that she would be saved. Miraculously, she got her new set of lungs on her husband's birthday, but now, she has cancer. It had nothing to do with the lungs, it happens to ten percent of transplant patients.<BR/><BR/>To top it all off, she prayed a secret prayer that nobody knew about (even her husband) ever since her teen years for the impossible...to have a baby. Cistic Fibrosis patients die anywhere from childhood to their 20's. Lucky ones, in their 30's. Just before she was to go in and prep to have her transplant, she discovered she was pregnant.<BR/><BR/>Ahhhhh....I'm going on and on. It's such a great story, and it sounds like Kelli's story is just as wonderful. I hope the best for you Daiquiri! Scary, and brave!Mikihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10534356630931419996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648926369091231553.post-32220270851659918882008-09-05T14:40:00.000-06:002008-09-05T14:40:00.000-06:00Wow...you are awesome for going through with it. G...Wow...you are awesome for going through with it. God will bless you for it regardless of where you fit into Kelli's story.Kayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16037837655750384138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648926369091231553.post-10518646757282824242008-09-05T05:37:00.000-06:002008-09-05T05:37:00.000-06:00Wow. Thank you.Asking is hard, for the same reason...Wow. Thank you.<BR/><BR/>Asking is hard, for the same reasons you've outlined here. Just offering is amazing to us, and signing on the line? It's a gift to us.<BR/><BR/>Thank you. From the bottom of my heart. Who knows what the outcome will be. Well, God does. <BR/><BR/>Thank you again.Kellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06252445562196825930noreply@blogger.com