Vaccum+salesman+comes+calling+notes

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=C**__haracters__**= Paul Sucher-patient Jamie Howard salesman Both from Twin Falls, Idaho

Jamie-
 * Worked for Kirby to sell vacuums
 * Vacuum the floor for free then get them to buy it
 * He met Paul's girlfriend Andy at first and she told him they couldn’t afford it because of medical bills
 * Paul had been on dialysis for many years and he was slowly dying
 * Said there was a list of 500 people waiting for a cadaver donor so he could get what he needed
 * Paul was so far down on the list he might not have an opportunity to get an organ
 * Both men 35

Paul-
 * Paul became ill 3 years ago
 * Became extremely tired and sick
 * Tested blood and found out his kidneys were not working
 * Spent time in intensive care and live on dialysis and wait to get on a transplant list once he is able to get on the list he had to wait for someone to die the first year
 * Had to fight his way through it and get through life
 * Jamie came who was a live donor
 * Paul went to dialysis three times a week at 4 in the morning then would go to work to pay bills

The story-
 * They were both O positive but the problem for Paul at first was they can give to any blood type but can only receive from type O
 * O positive people can only get an O positive organ
 * His girlfriend asked the salesman would he consider being tested and Jamie said he would think about it
 * Jamie started thinking about being in Paul’s shoes and since he had the opportunity to help someone he called his family to ask their opinion and prayed
 * Jamie’s sister died a few years ago and she became his guardian angel and he had peace about it
 * Within 15 min he went and told Andy that he would do everything he could do to help
 * He met Paul and said Paul had a presence about him even though he was sick
 * After meeting Paul there was no way he couldn’t try
 * 90 days later Jamie found out he was a perfect match
 * They both went into surgery and Paul is doing fine
 * Paul still never bought a vacuum cleaner from Jamie
 * Better donor than a salesman

Complications- Questions:
 * At first the doctors would not even do the surgery because Jamie was a live donor and they thought Paul was paying him or wanted something in return
 * Most live donors are close family members
 * And 500 are just on the Colorado list and they had to wait and go through the entire process just so he would be able to get the kidney from Jamie
 * After awhile the doctors finally let him go ahead with the surgery

What is dialysis? Dialysis a medical method that a patient has to go through to clean the blood of toxins that the kidney would normally be able to flush out. Dialysis can be long term or short term depending on the person. If a person is on it temporarly it is because they are waiting for a transplant. If the surgery goes wrong then the person might have to be on dialysis for the rest of their lives.

Did Jamie have to take any medications after he lost a kidney? No, most people do not have change any part of their original lifestyle. death is extremely rare when it comes to donating a kidney and having one kidney can still keep the body healthy. Also donating a kidney will not cause a person to die any sooner. So donating a kidney isn't that hard for the donor.

How many people dies each year waiting for a transplant? Everyday about 10 people die each day waiting for a transplant.

Sources: http://ask.metafilter.com/70090/How-many-people-die-each-year-waiting-for-kidney-transplants [|http://www.chemistry.wustl.edu/~edudev/LabTutorials/Dialysis/Kidneys.html]