Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Donating a Kidney


This month my mom is going to donate a kidney. She will be donating it to my uncle(her brother). I am kind of scared for her because she will be under he knife for a couple of hours. Also she will be gone for my birthday. This is the second year that she will have missed my birthday, but I wont complain because she will be getting surgery. Also I am sure she would rather be here at my birthday than having surgery. I feel bad for her. My uncle has been at 12% kidney life for a long time and now he is at 11% so he needs a kidney. My mom is leaving in two weeks to go get tested to make sure she can donate a kidney. There is a one in seven-hundred-fifty chance that my mom was born with only one kidney. I hope that she will be ok. Wish her luck!!!!!

8 comments:

Mr. Bergquist said...

I can tell that you are nervous. This is very heroic of your mother. I wish her the best of luck. I hope that your uncle pulls through.

Anonymous said...

That's a nice pic of a kidney. I wish your mom good luck. Kidney donating is pretty popular now. Who knows why. I hope you have a fun b-day!

Jens said...

I do wish her luck. because she is one of the nicest people i have ever met. she was always a cool gal. thanks for the books that you guys sent us. me and lucas took about 1/4 of the books.

Eva Seelye said...

Wow!! that's tragic! It sucks that this is the second time she missed your birthday. I think donating a kidney is really awesome. If i were her, i'd be scared becuase i've never needed surgery or anything like that before. i think i remember when your birthday is....its the 22nd right???? i hope i got it right :D

River said...

Hey Adam, that picture kind of looks like a peanut! Good luck to your mom. I hope it goes perfect. I am sorry she wont be there for your birthday. When is the exact date?

Wesley Thorsen said...

Hi Adam! I realy like that picture of the kidney. Thats to bad that your mom missed your birthday last year and is going to have to miss it agein. I hope you mom wasn't only born with one kidney because that would be a big waste of time. I was also wondering why your mom missed your birthday last year.

Sleisle said...

That sucks. I hope they are O.K. I wonder if you can have one kidney genetically. I hope not, because if it can happen, and she was born with only one kidney, then that means that you might have only one kidney. The kidney is the best organ. Well, hope it all goes well.

Max's blog said...

I saw your mom in the paper last week, it seems like see is atracting a lot of attention with the herowic deed that she did. It is so awsome that your mom is nice enough to give her kidney away! I think that your mom is the nicest mom that i have ever met. :) I hope that she is doing fine and that the recipent of the kidney recovers soon. i would be super-scared to get a kidney taken out of me, i have never had surgery or anything like that. Didn't you get Ammo for your B-day? See ya!