The Kidney - 1 - 2 - 3

Sorry - best fun picture I could find!

Oh and by the way (mom is going to kill me for this)

it does not sting for her to pee - but she is going a lot -

which is good!

Perfect pictures because Mom's new kidney is in 1st place!

The day that our family has been waiting for 1 year for finally happened on Friday, November 7, 2008. My aunt Debbie donated her left Kidney to my mom. They were scheduled to start the surgery at 11:00 but did not take Debbie back until 12:15 then my mom did not go in until 2:30. So, needless to say we sat a long time just waiting for a surgery that took what seemed like forever!

Both doc's came out a different times to let us know that everything went great. The doc that did Debbie's surgery said that he went in to moms when they put the new kidney in and as soon as they got it in and hooked up it immediately turned pink and started to work! What a relief! It took mom quite a while (2 1/2 extra hours) to come up to her room from recovery since she got really sick while in recovery. Then was sick all night, poor thing. As of last night she was still a little sick to her stomach, which they determined was the pain meds so changed those. Debbie has been doing great she was able to get up and walk around on her own yesterday, she said that her stomach is just really tender.

My mom and Debbie have such a great support group, our family was all there plus their sister and brother have spent a lot of time with both. We have all received many calls from family and friends letting us know of their love, support and prayers. I know both of there names are on every temple prayer roll from Utah to Hawaii and in some cases several times.

I am so thankful for the knowledge that the doctors have that they can do this operation by making a 6 inch incision to prolong someones life for so long. I am thankful for a boss who is so understanding in letting me have the time off that I need to be with my mom. I am especially thankful for my aunt who upon finding out there was a problem called immediately and told my mom that she would be the donor. It is selfless acts like this that truly make a family special.

As we get more information I will update. We are just so relieved that it is over and we can start to move on with a healthy kidney.

Now on to why my title is "The Kidney - 1 - 2 - 3". The other night Johns and I were watching Bridger so the rest of the Nall clan could go to an awards banquet. As Bridger was asking what I was doing I Friday he started to question the transplant. I told him that Debbie was giving one of her Kidneys to Mom. He asked what will they do with the 2 that my mom had so I told him that they leave them in her. He thought about this a little longer then kind of laughed a little and said. "So, Debbie will have 1 kidney, I have 2 and Grandma will have 3." He just thought that was the funniest thing going 1, 2, 3! I love the way that kids think!