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I've Been Keeping a Secret

I've been keeping a secret.  I've kept this secret because I didn't feel like it was my story to tell but now I'll share.  I have a match.  I have a potential donor.  This amazing person is a match and has undergone testing to ensure that they are a good candidate to be a donor.  There are a couple more tests that need to be completed for their team to be 100% comfortable with this person being a donor and I wouldn't have it any other way.  I don't want a kidney to the detriment of somebody else.  This person is my sister, Elizabeth. So if you are one of the several amazing people who sent in blood or who called and you haven't heard anything, it isn't because you aren't amazing, it's because the search has been temporarily put on hold while the team tests Elizabeth to completion as a sibling is the best possible match.  Thank you for stepping up and if something (a bazillion things beyond any ones control could) happens, you may get a random c