okay, typing this from the OR holding area. right lung was bad so the left lung went to the sweetest old man. in a weird twist, we were right next to each other in the holding area and his family came over to congratulate us and wish us luck (since we were the primary they assumed we would get the lungs). then when the doctor came and told me i actually got to look around the curtain and give them the good news! they all started crying -- so bittersweet and miraculous! i saw the family getting the heart as well.
guys, please keep a grandfather, his wife of 46 years, and his son in your prayers today as they embark on their new journey. at one point they had the 6 year old grandson on speaker phone to talk to his granddad before surgery. wow.
who wants a bad right lung anyway, i guess.
thank you so much for all the prayers and good thoughts. i know my lungs will come at the right time, i just have to trust.