Angelica,
I also welcome you to the club. All good advice from other posts! Something else you may want to be prepared for is post-op feelings; After my surgery for the next couple of nights, after being awakened late at night/early morning by nursing staff for vitals and such, I would be left afterwards, in the dark, to my own quiet thoughts about what I had just been through.
I don't know if others have experienced this, but I was overcome by overwhelming emotion, some of relief, some of confusion, some of anxiety, some of disbelief, and mostly that of being ALONE. I've been a cop for 30 years and haven't experienced anything so moving. My wife was staying at a local hotel and I didn't want to wake her, but I think being able to talk to somebody at the time, even for 10 minutes by phone would have been helpful. You may want to think about arranging for someone to talk to, by phone if need be, just to have someone listen to what you are feeling. Something to think about anyway.
Also, regarding recovery; One of my surgeons was also a donor (for his wife a few years ago). He told me at one point, I wouldn't feel back to "normal" until about the 6 month mark. I am at that now and he was right. Although I've felt great since about the 16 week mark, I never really felt back to normal until now. I was told this by my surgeon on one of my last follow-up visits. I would have liked to have heard this prior to my surgery as I would have been able to visualize a more accurate time-line for recovery.
I hope and will pray your surgery goes well - best to you both! Thanks for your generous and life-giving gift
Scott in Minnesota