When I started this little site about two weeks ago, I launched it with hope and prayer that someone out there would see it. Even as the viewership dipped, I didn’t lose hope. Today I found myself wondering: Who will my donor be? Will they stay anonymous, or will I know their name?
And then another question followed: What happens to this website after the transplant? Do I rebrand it? Does it become a place to chronicle life on the other side of all this?
Hope is a word we use all the time — I hope you feel better soon. I hope you have a great day. But the hope I’m holding onto now is different. It’s deeper. It’s the hope that someday soon I’ll be able to transform this website into a space where I share my post‑transplant adventures.
I hope for the day I can write about traveling to Spain with my wife.
Or taking a real European vacation.
Or visiting her family in Georgia without it being a quick turnaround trip.
Or seeing family in New York without worrying about dialysis schedules.
I hope for spontaneous dinners out.
I hope for evenings where my wife comes home and we cook together without exhaustion hanging over us.
That’s the future I’m holding onto.
That’s the hope that keeps me moving forward.
And maybe — hopefully — this website will one day become the place where I get to tell those stories.
Right now, this site is where I search for a living donor.
Will you be that person.
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