This day six years ago was one of the luckiest days of my life!
You see, on May 5, 2005 yep, 05/05/05 ( gotta be lucky) I received my kidney transplant.. To make it more coincidental my surgeons name was Dr. Foley! Those of you not around medical issues probably wouldn't understand the humor.The relation of Dr. Foley and "foley catheters " was not lost on me.
********** So ..... today I am 6 years old **********
I get to run, play , jump on the bed to my hearts content1 I'm a kid again!!!!
But none of this would be possible without the gracious Gift of Life from my donor Susie Paxton. There were a myriad of coincidences that year.. My Donor Dad had removed dear Susie from life support on her birthday May 3,2005- and graciously gave me a true Gift on May 5, 2005. I lost my Daddy on June 3, 2005 and he was 30 days from his birthday on July 3,2005. I wrote an anonymous letter to my donor family one year later and through a few letters I finally spoke with Ron Paxton who I now call my Donor Dad.
Life throws us many curve balls, but it is true that when one door closes a window opens.. I discovered that Susie and me had many similarities with very different outcomes. I owe her and Donor Dad my life. For you see if not for the kidney transplant eventually the lung transplant and the rest of my health would have gone into a steady decline.
If you have a moment, please visit my "honor page" and meet Susie... She is a true gift to all !
