Jonathans own story!

My story

In one month I will celebrate one year with my new heart and kidney... it was April of last year that I was diagnosed once again with congestive heart failure along with failing kidneys I would be put on dialysis for one month it was a very hard thin...g to go through. I remember my mom always telling me about people who went through dialysis and what it was like and how it affected you well I experienced it and let me tell you it was not fun at all. I was in and out of the hospital a lot, but the final time I got put it my cardiologist walked in my room and told me that I was not going home until I received a kidney and heart transplant, I was devastated. Having a failing heart and kidney was not fun I would wake up in the middle of the night cause I couldn’t breathe I felt like sometimes it would be my last one, they would do something called a bi-pap machine which did my breathing for me and kept my lungs and heart working but that wasn’t enough still I struggled to breath got sick a lot, couldn’t eat had all kinds of IV’S and monitors on it was a long month. But on June the 2nd my cardiologist came in smiled and looked me in the eyes and said "I have good news we found a heart and kidney for you" when I heard those words come out of his mouth it was like an angel came down and said I want you to live through this so here you go heres a kidney and a heart for you. Then at 7pm I was rolled into the O.R where they performed a five hour operation to put my new, healthy heart into me and then hours later be rolled back in to have kidney inserted and have my life saved once again but these combined transplants.... and I want to thank my surgeons Dr. Jason Wellen and Dr. I-Wen Wong for dedicating their hard work to saving my life once again thank you guys so much for all the work you guys did for me and my family so they can see me again.

By: Jonathan Sadowski