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And I want to be clear, I'm not looking for the keys to the city credit or anything. An anonymous note would more than satisfy it. but it just feels like I have seven eighths of a story and that's going to be the story that sticks with me. So when people ask, what was it like to donate?
And I want to be clear, I'm not looking for the keys to the city credit or anything. An anonymous note would more than satisfy it. but it just feels like I have seven eighths of a story and that's going to be the story that sticks with me. So when people ask, what was it like to donate?
And I want to be clear, I'm not looking for the keys to the city credit or anything. An anonymous note would more than satisfy it. but it just feels like I have seven eighths of a story and that's going to be the story that sticks with me. So when people ask, what was it like to donate?
I've had a chance to speak of it about what it's like to be a living benevolent donor, but I just feel like that story is just, just not totally complete. And that may be something I have to hang on with for the rest of my life.
I've had a chance to speak of it about what it's like to be a living benevolent donor, but I just feel like that story is just, just not totally complete. And that may be something I have to hang on with for the rest of my life.
I've had a chance to speak of it about what it's like to be a living benevolent donor, but I just feel like that story is just, just not totally complete. And that may be something I have to hang on with for the rest of my life.
Yes, and I think to your point, mowing the lawn or something, and again, it's one of the reasons to be benevolent. And the hospital has a program where you can initiate contact afterwards. So if I wanted to initiate, I could. Why haven't you? I don't feel right about that. I guess there's a feeling that I'm not looking for credit. But you are. I'm looking, I think, for closure.
Yes, and I think to your point, mowing the lawn or something, and again, it's one of the reasons to be benevolent. And the hospital has a program where you can initiate contact afterwards. So if I wanted to initiate, I could. Why haven't you? I don't feel right about that. I guess there's a feeling that I'm not looking for credit. But you are. I'm looking, I think, for closure.
Yes, and I think to your point, mowing the lawn or something, and again, it's one of the reasons to be benevolent. And the hospital has a program where you can initiate contact afterwards. So if I wanted to initiate, I could. Why haven't you? I don't feel right about that. I guess there's a feeling that I'm not looking for credit. But you are. I'm looking, I think, for closure.
Well, I wouldn't say it's the recognition per se. What I want to see is what good came from the donation. Let me tell you, here's the good that came from that donation.
Well, I wouldn't say it's the recognition per se. What I want to see is what good came from the donation. Let me tell you, here's the good that came from that donation.
Well, I wouldn't say it's the recognition per se. What I want to see is what good came from the donation. Let me tell you, here's the good that came from that donation.
Yeah, and I would say it's the end result, even if for me it's anonymized. So my day-to-day work, I'm a police officer, and so I share that because as cops, we tend to be very evidence-based, right? We look at whatever the circumstance, we distill it down to those facts that we can articulate and very outcome-based. And so I think it's, for me, not...
Yeah, and I would say it's the end result, even if for me it's anonymized. So my day-to-day work, I'm a police officer, and so I share that because as cops, we tend to be very evidence-based, right? We look at whatever the circumstance, we distill it down to those facts that we can articulate and very outcome-based. And so I think it's, for me, not...
Yeah, and I would say it's the end result, even if for me it's anonymized. So my day-to-day work, I'm a police officer, and so I share that because as cops, we tend to be very evidence-based, right? We look at whatever the circumstance, we distill it down to those facts that we can articulate and very outcome-based. And so I think it's, for me, not...
being able to see the kind of the manifestation of this kidney that I donated and how it improved the circumstance. Again, even if it's anonymized, it just feels incomplete. And to your point, which is so value is, how do I work through that knowing that this may be as complete a story as I'll get?
being able to see the kind of the manifestation of this kidney that I donated and how it improved the circumstance. Again, even if it's anonymized, it just feels incomplete. And to your point, which is so value is, how do I work through that knowing that this may be as complete a story as I'll get?
being able to see the kind of the manifestation of this kidney that I donated and how it improved the circumstance. Again, even if it's anonymized, it just feels incomplete. And to your point, which is so value is, how do I work through that knowing that this may be as complete a story as I'll get?
How do you work through the fact that I may never read the last pages of the book of my kidney donation?
How do you work through the fact that I may never read the last pages of the book of my kidney donation?