How great to receive your post. May you heal quickly. Richard H.
On Saturday, February 28, 2015 at 8:37:14 PM UTC-6, wa2yyx wrote: > Hello to everyone, > > Now you all know why I do what I do. I love all of you just as my extended > family. I am so honored and grateful to be a part of your lives, your very > precious lives. > > I would like to share with all of you, a letter that I wrote to my kidney > donors family. I would hopefully respect that they have the opportunity of > reading it one day. > > 18's, > > Marty > > *February 28th 2015* > > *I write this to the family of the young man that gave of himself in order > that I can survive.* > > *It has been four days since I received a kidney transplant from your > loved one. I am in pain right now but I want to write this without any pain > medication because I would like to have a clear mind so that I can speak to > you from my heart and soul.* > > *It is very important to me to be able to write this to you, and I truly > hope that you receive it. I hope that it is something that may give you > less hurt in your hearts.* > > *First, I would like to send you my deepest condolences on the loss of > your loved one. When I first got the call from the hospital that there was > a matching kidney for me I was very happy. However, I also felt a great > deal of guilt that someone had to be deceased in order for me to receive > this very precious gift of life.* > > *I believe that there is a reason for everything that happens in this > world. Sometimes we may not understand what these reasons are, and > sometimes it hurts, but there is a reason for everything.* > > *I also believe that if someone does something to try and help someone > else then it will come back to that person. More than twenty five years ago > I had Leukemia and had to go through a bone marrow transplant. In order to > do this I had to have total body radiation and chemotherapy.* > > *I remember the first time that I went into the radiation chamber. I got > down on my knees, clasped my hands in front of me and made a promise to > GOD. I prayed that if I were to survive I would go on to try and help > others also go through this.* > > *And, this is something that I have done more than one hundred times > since. This is what I meant when I said that if you try to help someone it > will come back to you. This is what your loved one did for me. He has given > me the opportunity to continue on, and even though I do not know his name I > will continue to do this in his name. GOD knows exactly who he is, and I > promise you that I will continue to dedicate my life to your loved one for > giving of him to me.* > > *I truly hope that you will eventually receive my letter. Perhaps one of > these days I might have the opportunity of meeting you.* > > > *Sincerely,* > > *Marty* > > > On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 12:31 AM, Richard H <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> This was posted to CML2 on YAHOO. >> >> Hello cml chums! >> I have wonderful news from/about our friend Marty! >> Marty left a message at my home sharing that he HAS had his transplant >> (0: is doing well(0: and that he greatly appreciates all of our prayers(0: >> ! (collective sigh of relief from all of us, right?) >> Let's continue to send our love, support and prayers to our amazing >> friend. >> >> (0: Caryl >> >> >> This is great news. I am now praying for a rapid recovery so he can get >> home soon. >> >> Richard H. >> >> -- >> -- >> [CMLHope] >> A support group of http://cmlhope.com >> ------------------------------------------------- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "CMLHope" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] <javascript:> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "CMLHope" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- -- [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
