My thought are with you today!

We got the call, and Somewhere in this world, you had a terrible night... Perhaps you had a car accident, perhaps a heart attack, I can not be sure. They don't give me that kind of information... There is one thing I am absolutely sure of though. By signing your donor card, or by telling your family that you wanted to be a donor. Your amazing gift will in a few hours give someone a new chance at life, an extension that without "YOU" previously is not possible... You are a hero, and my family thanks you so much...

And I say;
The clock reads 6:00am, I hear a phone ringing and based on the time of night I realize quickly what it is... The moment my wife answered and replied to the unknown person "Yes she's here, one moment please..." I knew... I knew that it was the toronto General Hospital calling, and they had a gift for my mother... An amazing gift...

By the time we all arrive on the main floor of our house and I look at the clock I realize that with the time change it is in fact a couple of minutes after 5:00am not 6:00am as our bedroom clock had indicated. The stooper still with us all, we listen as my mother is asked the questions we were told to expect. Good morning Dorothy, how are you feeling today? etc etc... they ask you if you have been sick or are on antibiotics etc... flu/cold... it's a basic screening process that evaluates your suitability at the time of the call.

Well like everything else in our lives, this is all falling together one connection after another. It has all just been so amazing. Nothing short of a Miracle.

So now after a record timed 30 minute drive to the hospital with no traffic so early, Dorothy has had a few blood tests, a couple of xrays and is waiting in bed to hear from the transplant team. At this point on the other end the donor is being checked for suitability. As kind as someone is to donate their organs a surgeon ultimately must hold the lungs in his/her hand and decide if they will work for my mom...

If they do not work for my mom, and we are sent home... Then we will celebrate the fact that someone was so unselfish that they gave us a chance at this... Whoever you are, donor afar... You are a beautiful person, an unselfish person and for that we want to thank you!!!

That's all for now, i'll post another blog when we find out if she's getting the lungs today or not!