The Most Amazing Phone Call

It was a dark and stormy night.  No, wait that's not it.  Let me start over... 

The phone rang on a regular Tuesday night.  (It really was storming at the time)  At first, I didn't understand what she was saying.  Our home phone doesn't have caller ID, so I never know who is calling us.  I could tell that it was my sister, but it took me a minute to understand her because she was so excited and screaming.  Then I heard her.  "Erica from Emory called because they found a match and they want to know how fast I can get my bloodwork done to double-check the crossmatch."  Me: "They WHAT?"  Sarah: "Jenny, there's a match, you are getting your kidney!" Me: "I'M GETTING A KIDNEYYYYY!!!"  Mark was upstairs, and I wanted to make sure he heard me (probably along with the neighbors in a 4-house radius) "I'M GETTING A KIDNEYYYYY!!!!" OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG

So, Sarah will be donating a kidney to someone she doesn't even know so that I can receive a kidney from someone who doesn't know me.  This is all from Emory's Paired Donor Exchange Program.  I don't know if it is just one other pair of people that will swap with Sarah and I or if more pairs are involved.  It could be local people or it could be people from clear across the country.  I hope I can find out more soon.

I wish I knew when it will happen and how long to expect to wait.  But I don't know anything else.  I hope this is it.  I know that things can fall through, I know that sometimes the double-check discovers something that will call it all off.  But I don't want it to happen unless this is my perfect kidney.  And also for the other recipient(s) involved.  I don't want Sarah's life-saving and completely selfless act to be for naught.  I want the person who receives Sarah's kidney to go on and live a long and healthy life.  And I also want that for me.  I want to raise my children and see them grow up and have children of their own.  I want to grow old with Mark.  And I want to be DONE with dialysis!

As soon as the phone rings again, I'll post more.  Until then, I'll be over here praying.