needed a blood transfusion. If the transfusion didn’t work, doctors didn’t think they could make a transplant without them being in danger of death from the operation. Linda and Ron waited anxiously to see if they would have to deal with massive disappointment again. “But then we got word the man had improved and the transplant was back on,” said Linda.
On August 30 2011 Ron went to Derriford Hospital and had his kidney removed – which was then sent to Manchester – at the same time a woman in Manchester had her kidney out and it was couriered to Plymouth. In the afternoon Linda was wheeled into surgery – following her kidney into the operating theatre! Ron’s operation and recovery went like a dream – he walked out of the hospital after three days and has suffered no ill effects. It was a different story for Linda. “Afterwards it was very tough,” she said. “I had what they call a ‘sleeper’ kidney: it wasn’t rejected but wasn’t working properly for a few months. They had to put fluid into me to help it work more efficiently and I blew up like a balloon, and was pushed around in wheelchair! However, despite everything I’d do it again like a shot because it has given me my life back – the last eight months on Dialysis were horrendous and we now have more of a normal life again.”
Ron said: “I try and tell everyone I meet about the scheme and what a difference it’s made to us - I thought I was losing my wife and this has now given us our life back. I can’t believe so few of the population are on the waiting list for transplants – it is so important.”•
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