The trouble with waiting for a kidney is you get real nervous and jumpy. Every time the phone rings we all jump up and listen to see who it is. We have a rule that you have to say the caller's name out loud, so we can all relax. It's usually one of Hannah's dopey friends and I feel kind of disappointed but relieved too. In our computer, Dad found a kidney forum on CompuServe where people talk about waiting for a kidney, getting people to donate kidneys and what it's like after a transplant.
Some kidneys start working right on the operating table.
Some kidneys are sleepy and wake very slowly. Mom says she'll be real happy with any kind of kidney she can get. She's real tired and takes two naps a day now. Some families like us have to wait for months, sometimes years. Yep, even as bad as we want a kidney, I can see how that could be hard.