Posted on 10/24/2009 8:12:49 AM PDT by Saije
She did this because she is an evil, white, racist, capitalist slumlord! Everyone knows that people who make money off others are evil.
The moral of the story is that its tough to get good tenants, and if you follow the rules and pay your rent on time, most landlords are willing to go the extra mile for you.
God’s love, she delivered.
Did she ask for a damage deposit?
This is so true. Most tenants don’t realize this, but I’m one of the lucky landlords right now. Best tenant in the world rents the house that we lived in for 20-plus years. They are just kids practically, but really good tenants.
One of God’s agents. Bless her.
That is sure going the extra mile to fix the plumbing.
What a great lady; a great person.
One curious detail in the story said that blood types O-positive and O-negative are compatible for kidney transplants. Neverdem, do you know, or could you ask your diabetes ping list, if that is correct? Thanks.
If it is not an absolute emergency, blood will be typed and cross matched prior to a transfusion so as to prevent a rejection of the donated blood, the equivalent a host versus graft reaction in organ transplantation. Graft versus host reactions can also occur.
The study of immunology is quite fascinating and probably still in its infancy.
FReepmail me if you want on or off the diabetes ping list.
<from the newspaper article: “Thomas donated a kidney Thursday to Love at Loyola Medical Center in Maywood. Both were expected to be discharged Saturday.”
That’s amazing! You get/give a kidney on Thursday and are out of the hospital on Saturday! Even if the reporter wasn’t clear and they are out of the hospital a week later, it’s still amazing!
I’m black and had always heard of sickle cell (and had myself tested), but never knew anyone with it until I worked at the front desk of the experimental unit of UMichigan’s hospital as an undergrad in the ‘70’s. You could hear the sickle cell patients just screaming in pain. I’d never heard anything like it. And what was worse, the nurses would hear that screaming and say they couldn’t give pain meds, the patients ‘had enough.’ Whoa. That was my first experience with that kind of thing and it has stayed with me.
We also had a kidney transplant between twins when I was there. In about a day or so, the sick twin looked as good as her healthy twin. It was amazing. The surgery was new at the time and I don’t recall how long the twins had to stay in the hospital. They kept them in isolation rooms. Now, from the picture that goes with the story, it looks like both patients are in a regular hospital room and not in a sterile environment.
As a potential recipient, it’s hard for some to accept such an offer. I had 2 offers myself, and opted to wait for a cadaver kidney. I waited almost 3 years, but got one in May 2008.
I’ve always rationalized it as if you need a liver, heart, or lungs and done get one, you die. If you need a kidney, you go on dialysis until you get one (I was on for 9 months before my transplant).
Hey ya gotta share the health wealth!
Those of us with two kidneys should be more than happy to give of them to a fellow world citizen in need!
A positive recipient can receive either a positive or negative blood-type organ, as long as the ABO is the same (with the exception that anyone can receive O type blood/organs). A negative recipient cannot receive a blood type positive organ.
There is also HLA typing done; they check for 6 different antibodies. When you are on the transplant list, you have blood taken for this once a month. It’s then stored for that amount of time, and if you are in line for a specific kidney, they then will check it against the potential donor’s blood for compatibility. This is not done for livers, hearts, etc to the best of my knowledge.
If the recipient has had a previous transplant or blood transfusion, it’s harder to match the donor, as there are most likely antibodies that could cause rejection.
As for the HLA antibodies, it used to be that the higher number of matches indicated a lower likelihood of rejection. However, with the newer immunosuppressive regimens, this isn’t an issue anymore. My transplant was a 5/6 “mismatch”; in other words, I only matched 1 antibody to my donor’s, but so far, no rejection (since May 2008). I also received a CMV + kidney, and I’m CMV negative (even 17 months afterwards)
As an aside, a kidney that is a 6/6 match (0/6 mismatch) will bump a recipient to first spot on the list for that specific kidney, irregardless of wait time on the list. It’s the transplant equivalent to hitting the Powerball.
I had my transplant on a Saturday night, and was discharged on the following Thursday.
I was in a regular room, had visitors, walked the halls, etc.
It’s much different these days with transplants. I worked in a hospital back in the early 90’s, and the recipient had to wear a mask whenever he/she went out of the room, anyone entering had to wear a mask, etc.
The first 6 months are the most risky for infection, as that is when the immune suppression is at the highest. The docs then back down on that as the risk of acute rejection lessens.
I also had “tolerogenic immunusuppression”. They gave a drug that wiped out my B cells (immune system cells) temporarily, and thus, I only had 2 IV doses of steroids around the surgery, and do not have to be on daily Prednisone.
Thanks for the info. Continued good luck with your transplant.
Thanks for clarifying that. I went to a transplant orientation, and they didn’t tell us any of that. They only said the blood types had to be an exact match, which is misleading since Rh positive and negative can be a match.
Each transplant center has different ways of doing things, but the info I gave is generally accepted practice.
If you have any other questions in the future, FReepmail me. Good luck.
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