At the urging of myself and her husband, Quinn’s Potential Donor #1 (QPD#1), is letting me blog about her urine. She was very reluctant (“Absolutely NOT!” she said) to let me blog it but then she didn’t get the jug over the weekend and so I told her she simply HAD TO let me blog.

She is concerned that a funnel wasn’t included in the collection kit, but our QPD#1, she’s smart, so she is finding that a plastic container works pretty good too.

If she were writing this she would tell you that it’s just pee! Pee! And those things are private. But then I guess she figured I might need some blog material and so here I am. Cheryl is the wife of Steve, who for a long time helped our family in the God department after Quinn’s birth as he was on the staff of our church. She and Jody, Gage’s donor are friends. She has two kids – teenagers! A musician son and ballerina daughter. Cheryl had given blood to become a donor for Gage and was in line after Jody. For the last two years since his transplant she’s said she would be there and ready when Quinn’s time came.

So here we are. I’ve asked her to be a guest author and am expecting a post soon. Maybe after she’s done keeping up with a big jug of pee. The urine collection is for them to figure out if she has any protein in her urine in a 24 hour period. If there is that could be an indication that she has a kidney issue. Am thinking that would stop the process for her and not sure if they investigate why or not in order to proceed.

So far, she’s filled out paperwork, given her blood, provided 3 BP readings and kept on the donor team to get things moving along. She’s motivated.

Why, you ask?

She just wants to help my girl. And she’s willing to let me talk about her pee. That’s pretty spectacular, right?