I am donating as part of a chain paired exchange on MONDAY. We were flying out this Saturday. My husband received his kidney previously.
There have been several hiccups with the donation. I never received a final crossmatch kit and had to figure out my own. I actually caught this before the recipient's center. My local lab luckily had the tubes and we created our own kit to send off.
Today, I find out that lab corp lost my final Hep C blood work and the surgery most likely will be on hold. Lab corp would take five days to get the results, setting my surgery back months.
I was able to get a friend to pull some strings to have the test at a major hospital and possible have the results in two days. It is not guaranteed
I am having serious resentment issues at this point. It is at no fault of JH, but I don't want to go through all these hoops, have the surgery canceled and still be obligated to donate should it fall through.
My mood will improve shortly.