Small World?

Ok, so we got the blood pressure machine!  Matthew is wearing it now!  The sob story worked, and we were able to pick it up this morning.  It is absolutely amazing because of this:

Melanie, the woman in charge of getting us the machine asked Matthew what he needed the test for.  He told her our story about the transplant.  She told him she gave a kidney to her 14-year-old daughter 11 years ago.  Matthew, being the smart guy he is, asked her if her daughter happened to have aHUS, because that is what I have.  She said, yes, actually she does (but hers is just HUS because she wasn't an atypical case).  She was a baby when the disease took her kidney, and her mother gave her one.  When Matthew told her that I have aHUS, she smiled and said, "Of course, it all makes sense now.  That is why you are having this test sent to Iowa.  You must know Dr. Nester!"  Dr. Nester is the amazing pediatric nephrologist who is working my case.  She studies aHUS as a specialty.  Melanie knew her and said she talks to her frequently!

So you can thank God, or the universe, or fate, or luck, or whoever you thank when things go right.  Because this time things actually did!!  (In this case I am thanking Melanie and Cindy from Oklahoma Transplant who "sold me her first born child" to get me on the top of the list.)

So tonight we ordered food so we wouldn't have to cook, I gave Matthew a two-hour massage, he fell asleep, and now he is playing video games.  He doesn't have to work tomorrow, so it is a nice, calm evening.

So send calm thoughts tonight.  Hopefully everything works out and we will know something soon!  

PS.  Just booked my next photoshoot!  More pinups coming soon!