Today is the first anniversary of my kidney donation and I’m happy to say that the recipient is healthy and about to graduate from high school with her senior class. In the fall she’s going off to college like a normal kid. There is a deep satisfaction in knowing I had something to do with that.
I spent this remarkable day in a dental chair which is ironic because I’d rather give away my other kidney than have something metal scraping my teeth. Two hours of nitrous oxide made it almost tolerable but I still can’t believe that we live in an age where body parts can be shared amongst humans yet we still resort to drilling teeth as a reasonable method of dental care.
The dental assistant said to me “We recommend that you brush your teeth for at least four minutes, twice a day.”
“Are you therious?” I drooled. “Thex doethnt even take that long! You’ve got to be kidding!”
“No. I just do it while I’m showering.” she replied.
“Thex? Or brushing”
That’s when she turned the happy gas off.
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May 18th, 2007 at 3:01 am
Wow a full year, what a wonderful gift! You should have rescheduled that dental appointment and got a massage - that is what you deserved!! You are a true blessing to that girl and her family, they will probably not fully realize it for some time but wow what a gift! I always wanted to be a kidney donor because I always wanted to save a life, somehow I have never gotten around to registering.I think I am a little bit too scared.
Congratulations on this special day, I hope you at least had a humongo bowl of ice cream.
May 18th, 2007 at 5:27 am
Yeah, I’m with you on the dentist thing. I’d rather give birth again.
Oh, and you totally rock with what you did… but you knew that. :-)
May 18th, 2007 at 11:22 am
She had nerve turning off the gath! I mean, who did thee think thee wath?
By the way, thank you for your generosity in your donation. It speaks volumes for anyone who has a loved one on a list for donation.
May 18th, 2007 at 11:23 am
OH, and I’ve been meaning to ask - did the stinkies go away? What did you use? Did you try the Pepsi?
May 18th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
Maybe if we all had happy gas in our bedrooms then thex might last more like thixteen minutes? Or at least it would be funnier.
May 18th, 2007 at 9:42 pm
Kudos to you again, for what you did a year ago!! That took a moutain of courage in my opinion. God will truly bless you for that–that is for sure!
May 19th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
Even fish know that when you open your mouth, the pain begins.
May 21st, 2007 at 12:49 am
Either way, four minutes still sounds like a long time.
I’m thirty seconds tops. Teeth-brushing that is. Honest.
May 24th, 2007 at 8:48 pm
What do you do in the shower for four minutes???