A woman suffering from kidney disease urgently required a donor for a transplant, and her husband was found to be a perfect match, leading him to donate his kidney to her. Following the transplant, the wife did not fully recover and experienced side effects from anti-rejection medication, including being wobbly and in pain. However, she is no longer on dialysis and is not going to die from kidney disease.
The husband shared his story on a Reddit thread asking married users about the 'for worse' aspect of their marriage. In his post, he expressed gratitude for being a match and emphasized his commitment to his wife. The identities of the couple, their location, the husband's current health status after donation, and whether the wife's side effects have been resolved remain unknown.
My wife of thirty years suddenly came down with acute renal failure and was forced onto dialysis.
Dialysis keeps you alive, and slowly kills you. There's no cure to kidney disease, but there is a treatment: get yourself a transplant. And get it from a living donor, because cadaver donors have already spent some time being dead and that's not good for kidneys.
Well, guess who was a perfect match. Hello, it's me! And thank the Lord for that, because I would do anything for that woman, and I consider myself lucky that I could do this for her after all she's done for me.
But she's not on dialysis, and she's not going to die, and the kidney I gave her should see her all the way through. We will be able to grow old together, as best we can, and that's a gift beyond measure.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: when I promised for better or worse, in sickness and in health, I f****** meant what I said.