The Blind Leading the Blind

Today both of the blind patients were dropped off at the same time, and left outside the front door. The door was locked so the driver just left them there. Nice.

Then, the one new nurse that I think I've blogged about before, started to walk one of them to his chair. BUT, he picked the wrong blind guy and took him to the wrong chair. No big deal, right? Wrong! We reuse our filters, so he could have been hooked up to someone elses machine and used someone elses filter! Could you imagine?!

And, finally, when I left the building today the driver had parked his big bus in front of my car so I couldn't get out. I'm starting to get really upset about it, too. Ugh.

The Better Match

So, I just got an email from the girl from high school. She's the better match! They also called my friend that I work with and said that she's still a possiblity, but she'll be my backup. This might really happen!

I will have less say in when we do the surgery now that the donor is not a teacher. But, hell, I don't care when we do it! It's totally her call.

Disrespectful

I almost got in a fight with a driver today. He's a driver from a private company that drives one of the blind dialysis patients. He drives a small bus and instead of parking in one of the three handicapped parking places he parked in all three! So, I just parked in the first available regular spot and there was plenty of room for him to get out. He came out wagging his finger at me and telling me that I needed to move.
"No, no. You realize that you're the one in the wrong, right?" I asked.
"The man is blind!" he responded.
"Yes," I said, "but you're not. Pick one parking spot next time."

Disprespectful. Why can't everyone think of other people before they do things?

Don't Get Your Hopes Up, Kid

I got a text from Martha yesterday. A girl I went to high school with got tested without telling me. And she's a match. I seriously haven't seen her since graduation. I can't believe it.

And the lady from work who got tested told me today that she's a match, too! They are going to Christ on Tuesday to see who is a better match. Then they'll continue the testing that Jason went through.

When the Reds went to the World Series in 1990, all my dad could say to me was, "Don't get your hopes up, kid." Heh...

The Meeting

I know surgeons are busy, but a meeting set for 1:00 shouldn't begin at 2:15 and last only 5 minutes...

Anyway, it was a good meeting. On Tuesday of next week my files will be brought to the kidney transplant forum. That's a group of all of the kidney doctors at Christ. They will look over my information and then decide to put my name on the list. They say there is NO reason why they wouldn't approve it. Yes!

They are reluctant to put you on the list if you haven't tried to find your own donor. But she told me that she has had to rule out 16 people who want to give me a kidney. Sixteen people! I think I know of 7 people. If you sent in paperwork, Thank you!

So, the list doesn't work the way I thought. There are 241 people on the list for a kidney in the region. But I'm not "on the bottom." If they find a kidney that's a perfect match for me, then I get it. It could be 10 years or 10 minutes. I could get a call any time after Tuesday. I will have to get a new phone, though. We currently have Cincinnati Bell and the service is terrible. We don't get service at home or in many places at school. I hear Verizon is good...and I need my phone to be working all the time just in case I get THE CALL.

Bad Sleep

Not sure what it was last night, but I kept waking myself up snoring. I know I snore, but it usually means I'm sleeping sound. I guess it could have been my sinuses, so I took some sinus medicine. That was midnight. Didn't get back to sleep. My sinuses were better!

We meet with the surgeon today. I asked Jason to come with me. Hopefully we'll leave today knowing that we're moving forward in one direction. Still waiting on word about the other possible match.

Prayers.

Protein Powder

My protein level is low and has been since I was pregnant. I don't eat enough meat and I'm not allowed to eat beans or nuts because of the phosphorus. So I bought some protein powder the other day. I can't have chocolate so I bought vanilla. It is TERRIBLE! I've been drinking it when I take my pills since I have to chug it anyway. Ugh. I'm going to try to mix it in a cold coffee drink. We'll see.

Still no word on a possible match. Should be hearing soon. And Tuesday I meet with the surgeon to officially get me on the cadaver list. It could take a while, like years, to get a call that they've found me a kidney. But, it could be quick too. You never know.

Can you imaging getting THAT phone call?