My friend got a kidney!

[Possegal]

My friend's brother got 2 kidneys - one from his dad that he rejected (much to the family's jokes).

My sister-in-law's first transplant was from her sister, and then she started to reject that kidney. THey were able to stop the rejection at one point with an experimental use of a chemotherapy drug. But it was enough to get her back on the list, yet she was still doing pretty well and not back on dialysis. When she got the call that they had another kidney for her, her first reaction was "I feel fine, who would undergo a surgery when they feel fine", to which her sister laughed and said - excuse me? Oooops.

The other kidney was a match on all six HLAs (her sister's was not a 6-pt match) and it was a local boy on life-support from a car accident. Some UK transplant surgeons came through with her surgeon and met with her, when she told them those details, her surgeon asked her if she realized she had just won the transplant equivalent of the lottery, 6-pt match and no transport of the organ.

Admittedly, it was very emotional for our family though, as we knew who the donor was because it was all over the local news.

Not looking forward to watching my niece and nephew go through this down the road. I hope the field moves forward in leaps and bounds for them!