u/Cobberprof

I celebrated one year with my new kidney last Wednesday 🥰 - and to celebrate, my daughter and I got matching kidney wrist tattoos. For those who don't know my story - this is my second kidney transplant, first was in 1989 (deceased donor), so it lasted 36 years, and this new kidney came through the paired exchange process. My daughter's kidney went to someone else, so another person's kidney could come to me.

I had big elaborate plans for a kidney-and-flowers tattoo that commemorated all three of my donors, but decided I wasn't ready to make that big of a plunge right now. So I have a simple tattoo on my wrist, and then I plan to do flowers that represent each of my donors over the respective incisions at a later time. ❤️