We have a match!
Speechless. Overwhelmed. Emotional. Grateful.
Few things to note:
Jill and my mom match on paper, we need to confirm this by mixing there bloods and confirming no reactions. This requires delivering a vial of blood from Vancouver to South Africa, which is the next step.
My mom has had blood transfusions since the last time she gave blood for matching. This could potentially complicate things.
Lastly, to ALL OF YOU… I cannot begin to put into words how grateful we are for your love, positive thoughts, Prayers, good energy, well wishes etc.. I firmly believe it drove this process. Please don’t stop now, we need it more than ever. Please SHARE, follow our journey and let us create the awareness Organ Donation so desperately needs.
To Jill, I have one word WOW.
Love Legh
Diary of a Living Donation 
Hi. I found out about you all via a colleague who is, I understand, a fiend of a friend of Legh.. I live in Cape Town, originally from the UK where my sister still lives. I donated a kidney to her in October last year – I just want to send my encouragement to Jill – I’m not sure of her age, but I was 60 when I donated. Everything went very well and I am now back to 100% – less my sisters new spare part!. The only difference is that I now have to remember to try and avoid anti-inflammatories! I’m sure you must be in contact with lots of people who have been thru a similar experiences – but if there is anything at all I can help you with by way of more details of my particular case, I would be very happy to help.
My very best wishes to you all. Kind Regards Loïs
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Thanks for the comment & offer of help, Lois. We’ll definitely look you up in Cape Town!
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