Thursday morning, everything was looking good. Amanda’s kidneys just needed to wake up a bit more. She wasn’t drinking much; I thought I’d entice her with a StarBs refresher, but she still wasn’t interested. Surgery was the first team to round. They were all pretty young, and I keep thinking, where are the parents? There’s…

After the false starts we’d had with kidney calls early on, even after we knew this kidney was good, we still waited with cautious optimism. We’d heard stories of the surgeon calling everything off even after the patient was on the operating table. They need to put eyes on the kidney to make sure it’s…

With my lack of frequent posts, I usually try to catch y’all up on things, but I’ve got something more important to get to. Although, to summarize since my last post: we miss each other, living apart just gets harder, dialysis sucks, I’m working a lot, and God is good! A lot has happened over…

Well, when I said it rains, it pours about issues with our cars, I was joking, but our apartment flooded a few days before I came up for Amanda’s birthday weekend. Amanda had been gone for a while, and when she returned, she noticed water all over the floor! It was pretty much raining out…

I’ll just pick up where I left off on the last post. My stay with Amanda a couple of weeks ago was all too short, even though it was 6 days. I tried to coordinate and get a few things taken care of while I was off. Working as much as I am back home,…

Hello, everyone! I know it’s been a minute, but remember, no news is good news. Well, I guess if we had news of a kidney, that would be good, but you get the gist! I’m back in Tennessee to be with Amanda for a heart biopsy. So, I have a little time to let yall…

No new calls for a kidney…yet. I know that’s what some of you have been wondering! Amanda has been in training for home dialysis for a few weeks, since we returned earlier this month. I’ve been back and forth and had planned to return to be with her when she started it at home. We…

Well, we had another false start. I’ve been busy since I left Tennessee, work has been a bit crazy, and I’ve just been worn out and not wanting to make a post. Let me catch you up, and then I’ll get into the round two kidney call. Amanda has been pretty tired after the dialysis…

Well, yesterday was a roller coaster of emotions for sure. We arrived at the hospital, I dropped Amanda off with her bag, then parked and came in myself. I thought I knew the hospital well, but after a sidewalk was closed, I found a new way to get in. On the way into the unit,…

That’s right, you read that title correctly, Amanda was listed last Tuesday and got a call late last night that they had a kidney for her. We don’t know much other than she has to be at the hospital by noon today. I am back in Texas right now, waiting to hop on a jet…