Celebrating 5 years 💚

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A lot of things can happen in 5 years; April 22nd 2015 has been one of the major twist in my life, for the best.

From 2012 up until 2015, it was probably one of the worst time of my life; not only because it was my major “leap” into adulthood, graduating from both high school and college, but also because I had to deal with my mother’s kidney failure on top of that aswell. Seeing her go through all the complications of dialysis and all the surgeries that she went through (8-10 in total), while trying not to break and appear strong enough for her -as a 17/20 years old- has been terribly hard.

But on the 22nd of April, thoses three years of pain that we lived through as a family finally came to an end. The thing that we were 95% sure were not going to happen, THE. Thing. that everyone needing an organ is wishing for, actually happened.

They actually had received a kidney for my mother. My mother, whom was on the international organ donation list, and that had rejected my own blood – thus making me unable to give her one of mine (which is even more wierder now that I know that I have the exact same blood type as her.. and well, of course she carried me in her womb).

Yesterday, it had been 5 years since that wonderful day. Let that sink in — Five extra more years that we gained with her by our side, that we may not have had if she didn’t received one. The complications she had made her almost unable to have her dialysis properly, having tried all kinds and her body just deciding to eventually reject everything.. Dialysis is NOT a lifetime tool. Many people dies while on dialysis because they never get that much needed organ, and it just isn’t enough anymore.

We must not forget the cost of it, however.. to allow us to keep my mom for many years to come, another family had to lose one of their own. That day that we remember as something to celebrate every year, has to be one of sadness for another family.. To them, we will be forever grateful that they choosed to save many lives -my mother amongs them- and did the most caring and selfless thing one can do in thoses painful times.

We will never know who that kind person was, as here in Canada it is protected and they don’t gave the receiver the donor’s information.. But we thank you and have a thought for you every year; you are never ready to lose your mother, but even at 25 I just can’t imagine my life without her. And you gave us the opportunity to keep her for five years already, and hopefully for many more to come.

We will never forget what you did, the hapiness that you brought us with this little action. Words cannot express how thankful we are.