Reactions

I try to tell as many people as possible about my decision to donate a kidney to a stranger. And it always surprises me the reactions I get.

Most of the time it is... "oh, how interesting".... then on to the next topic. I spoke to a woman yesterday whose husband had donated a kidney. Her comment was that what I am doing scares some people. Or they don't know exactly what to say so they ignore the whole thing. And a couple of friends have actually tried to talk me out of it, telling me I'm crazy, what if something happens to the other kidney. My response has been, what if something happens to my liver, or heart or brain, I've only got one of those too.

But I've gotten 2 reactions in the last week that gave told me these people "got it". As I told one man last week and he heard my story he looked at me and said "no one I know thinks like that" and "wow, that is so wonderful, you're going to save someone's life". He was practically gushing. That kind of reaction gives me a real sense that I'm doing the right thing.

For me, this is more of a spiritual thing, something I've been called to do. I can't explain it any other way than to say the universe, or God has put this in my path and it is something I have to do.

And I have no doubt that it will all turn out just fine.