Same blood type
4 of 6 Antigens match
Cross Match: Negative (This is actually a positive result -- meaning that there was no rejection when our blood was mixed)
Doug had same results, except for 3 of 6 Antigen match.
Letter also provided information for setting up an appointment. Barbara said to call immediately -- so I did. We were out biking when I got the call back from the hospital to set up the appointment.
We set up the first available appointment, Monday, 1 Feb 2010. They said they would send instructions and complete details in the mail. They also said that the testing would take from 9am until 4pm and I would need to do a 24 hour urine test the day before.
21 January: Learned to spell Presbyterian.
24 January: Kate informed us that her brother-in-law, Gerry, offered to let us stay at his Manhattan apartment. Gerry sent us a comprehensive e-mail including a link to the website:
25 January: Received letter from the hospital with the instructions and complete list of tests. It is pretty much every test known to man and stops just short of an autopsy. I have to fast until about 1pm on the day of the testing. The good news is that I bring my colonoscopy test report, so I should escape doing that again -- a possible deal breaker.
25 January: Watched a video of kidney transplant from Univ of Md Med College. Kidney removal looked pretty complex -- lots of stuff in there and none of it was labelled. I hope this surgeon got an "A" in kidneys.
26 January: Watching weekend snow report. May have to go on Friday instead of Saturday.
Wow! Very impressive. The site looks great. Very thorough.
ReplyDeleteNorm, I would have thought that with all your computer skill you'd be able to arrange a kidney donation via the internet. NO? Told you those computers aren't all that great
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