[Fredslist] Thank you! Great website for coordinating volunteers and caregivers (and happy tale of using it)

[Kelly Welles]

Jane,
 
Thanks so much for sharing these moving and informative real life transplant success stories and this invaluable website that made these happy endings possible. 
 
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From: Jane Beddall <jb at dovetailresolutions.com>
To: fredslist at gothamnetworking.com 
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 3:18 PM
Subject: [Fredslist] Great website for coordinating volunteers and caregivers (and happy tale of using it)



Gotham, 

It is a joy to share this information:

About the website: A few weeks ago, a friend of mine was a live kidney donor (a little more about that wonderful story below.)  She is in her mid-fifties, lives alone, no spouse or partner, no kids, nearest relatives 300 miles away. In the weeks leading up to her surgery, friends used a fantastic website, http://www.lotsahelpinghands.com, to create a way to support her effectively and easily. We used a calendar to sign up for commitments: drive to pre- and post-op appointments, drive her to the hospital and home, stay in the hospital for a few hours with her, cook meals, lift heavy things at home, etc. I lost count at fifteen different people involved. We also had a place to share contact info, photos, updates, and well wishes. I highly recommend it for situations where people genuinely want to help, and the hardest parts are knowing what is needed and how to volunteer! Please spread the word about this fabulous resource.

About the live kidney donation: The recipient is someone the donor has known, not as a close friend, for ten years or so. He is in his mid- to late- forties, with a wife and two daughters. His kidney disease came on fast and furious. His brother volunteered to donate, but was rejected as a candidate. A plea went out far and wide, and the friend I am proud to know answered the call. The best photo on our coordination webpage shows the recipient (the many tubes attached not visible) and donor in the donor's room after he walked across the transplant unit the same day as their surgeries! 24 hours after surgery, the donor was disconnected from all her tubes, including IV pain meds; 24 hours after that she took her first pain pills -- tylenol. (She wasn't a martyr when she declined tramadol; she just didn't need it.) I drove her home 48 hours after surgery, where another friend met us and then stayed until the donor's sister arrived for the weekend. Within
 two weeks the donor was back at work part-time, not by necessity but by choice. And the recipient is doing fine, as well. Both of them are inspiring people!

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Jane Beddall, M.A., J.D.
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New Haven, CT 06511 jb at dovetailresolutions.com http://www.dovetailresolutions.com

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