At my "T-1" appointment, the head procedure-room nurse explained what happens in a living-donor transplant:
"Cheryl will go into the operating room first, about 15 minutes before you. They'll start surgery on her to remove her kidney, then carry it in a tray over to the operating room where you are.
"Then they "bench" the kidney -- I don't know why they call it that -- but they take it out of the tray and run saline through it and clean off any excess tissue that might be on the outside.
"That part always makes me think of when you take your car to a really good mechanic and get it back all cleaned and detailed."
Here's to really good "mechanics" !
