The kidney was a perfect match for me. I went into the hospital at 3 am and had the surgery on Friday at 1:00 pm. It took 6 hours and I lost a lot of blood but it was a success.

The new kidney started working right away as soon as they hooked it up in the operating room, and I have been urinating like crazy.

I have about a dozen medication to take twice a day but so far I am not having any side effects from them.

I was in ICU for 2 days, then transfered to a regular room and came home on Wed evening.

I am very sore but able to walk slowly and am a little spaced out on pain killers.

This morning I had to go to the clinic for blood work and to see the doctor. After they checked my bloodwork they called to tell me to come back into the hospital because they need to give me IV fluids, and some of my bloodwork is out of whack. But they said not to worry, that its fairly common.

While on dialysis I had to limit fluids so I am not used to taking in a lot.

So right now I am waiting for them to call back and let me know they have a room for me. I don't know how long I will have to stay. They like to be very careul with transplant patients.

Thank you all so much for your prayers and support, it really means a lot to me.

I'll be back as soon as I can.

Please the post before this first.

They haven't called yet, my husband has called me twice and each time the phone rang I nearly jumped out of my skin.

I finally had to take a Xanax, so now I am much calmer and can actually sit still so I'll visit some blogs while I am waiting for the phone to ring.

Lastest update: They called and will call back between 2 & 3 am.

I just got a call from the transplant center, they are getting ready to harvest a kidney that might be a match for me.

After the kidney is removed from the body they will take some tissue from it and place it in a small container containing my blood. Then they wait about 4 hours, if the tissue remains red I will go in for the operation.

If the tissue turns black that means that my antibodies killed it and I can't have the kidney.

This is the second time I got a call like this, the last time was 2 years ago, but that match didn't work.

So right now I need your prayers and positive energy more than ever.

Meanwhile I have to go shave my legs and make sure my house is in order, and try to calm down.

Mother's Day was filled with ups and downs. On the positive side I spoke to my son and he is doing well, I had a long conversation with my older daughter, which is always nice, and also with my sister.

On the negative side, on Saturday night right around dinner time, my husband's daughter came over to tell him that she is quitting her job and going back to school. You may be asking yourself, "What's wrong with that?", well I'll tell you.

She is a 30 year old single mother, she has a good job with the county where she gets full benefits, she's been there for 5 years and makes $28,000 a year which is really good for this area for someone who only has a high school diploma.

Also she doesn't want to go to college, she wants to go to a technical school for Dental Assisting.

Her plan is to go to school during the day and wait tables a few nights a week to pay her bills.

So when she told my husband he had a fit, because he thinks she's crazy to give up her job security. She has never been a waitress before and he doesn't think that she will be able to pay her bills and guess who she is going to come to when she needs money?

Plus Dental Assistants start at around $23,000, which is a lot less than she is making now, and she already has trouble paying her bills and is always borrowing money from my husband.

How stupid do you have to be to tell a person who is sick of giving you money, that you are quitting a perfectly good job because you are tired of it, when he is going to be jobless, and not by choice in a few weeks?

He was so mad that he couldn't even talk, so finally on Sunday afternoon, I told him that I couldn't stand it any more, that his not speaking to any one was annoying me and that he shouldn't be taking it out on me. Unfortunately I said a few more things and then we had a big fight and he stormed out of the house.

I wanted to call and ask his daughter if the next time she wants to tell him something, could she please do it on a Monday so it doesn't ruin my weekend.

But on Sunday night my husband and I made up so now I am just keeping my mouth shut.