The one thing I have noticed that people have asked me the most is what happened to my other kidneys. Did they take them out? The answer is NO. I still have all the other kidneys.
So that means I have my own two native kidneys (I believe I called them Mitsy and Ditsy), my Mom's kidney (she named her Aurelia), and now Matthew's kidney named Apollo. Mom's kidney is in my pelvis on the right and Matthew's kidney is a little higher in my belly on the left. They are pretty close to the surface of my belly so they are much more exposed than native kidneys are.
The surgeons don't like to take kidneys out unless they cause problems like cancer or tumors or some kind of infection that can spread to other organs. Dead kidneys shrink and shrivel up like raisins. I have been told that they can put as many as three transplanted kidneys in a torso. I kinda hope this doesn't happen for me. I can do without the larger waistline. If that makes me vain then so be it. Who wants to look perpetually pregnant? Not me!
In other news, Matthew and his parents left Chicago today for Oklahoma. We had a tearful goodbye. It will only be a few days but we haven't been apart for quite some time. Mom and I are leaving Monday to go back to Iowa. So this is a bit of an anxious weekend for me. I just want it all to be over. Three more days and I can breathe a little easier.
Hospital Me THEN (2012)
Dance like no one is watching!
Hospital me NOW (2015)
Dance like EVERYONE'S watching
Post Transplant-1 Year (March 2014)
Mi Amor Studio
Pre Dialysis Pinup Shoot (2012)
Dynamite Dames
Mid Dialysis Boudoir (March 2013)
100 pounds, and a week from transplant, chest tube tucked into bra like a lady. ;)
Non-Pinup Me Now (2015)
This girl has four kidneys
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