Yesterday was a whirlwind of packing and travel, even though I’d known about the trip for a full three weeks. My sister (stunning, amazing, and single most giving person I’ve ever met) is giving a kidney (her left) to our Uncle (really our Mom’s cousin-in-law). He has spent the last 5 years on Dialysis, and finally found a match in my little sister.

Today was a mostly full day of tests at the Texas Transplant Institute, for both my uncle and my sister, that ended in all ‘”this is good news” (only holdup is waiting for the uncle to drop another 10-20 pounds) and “we’ll let you know what we find”. We went on a boat tour in downtown to wind down, post-anticipation.

Tomorrow morning is another 5 or 6 hours at the hospital, then we fly back to Michigan in the afternoon. Then more waiting. Always the waiting. But we’re so close. So. Very. Close.