Feeling Blessed

Just a quick update on my mom... for those of you who didn't know, my mom had surgery today to remove both of her kidneys. She has polycystic kidney disease (PKD) and her kidneys were no longer functioning. SHe has been on dialysis for about 5 weeks. She will now wait approx. a month to heal from this surgery before receiving a kidney transplant. Her donor will be Josh. Yes, you read right. Josh is a very close match to her and is willing to give one up! As for today, she just finished surgery and the dr. reported that all went well. The dr. said she was easy to operate on - being skinny helped see well in there. He removed both kidneys laparoscopically. They were each the size of nerf footballs! A little big in her little body! We feel so blessed that the surgery went well. I'll keep you updated.