Arrived at the hospital this morning at 5:30 in good spirits. Took some fun photos with Randy and Amy. We were actually having so much fun that we were reminded that there were people there having operations that were not as joyous as ours.
Randy went back into surgery first, and all went well. There were a couple of extra arteries that they were not expecting to be on the kidney, but it was not a completely uncommon occurrence. It was successfully transplanted into Miles and as we speak is producing large amounts of urine.
Other than the common problems associated with a major surgery, Miles seems to be doing quite well and has even mentioned that he felt hungry- a really great sign!!!
There is a cheesy saying that "Today is the first day of the rest of your life" but thanks to Randy it really is. Today Miles has a whole new lease on life, Truly, nothing is worth more than this day.

Well, it's nearly upon us now. Twelve hours from now I'll be in the midst of life-altering surgery. It's weird to think about. After tomorrow everything will change. I thought that way when we had our daughter, but instead of turning our lives upside down to fit into her life, we fit her into our life and it seemed so effortless and natural. This surgery really will be different. My brother is a hero. Little brothers always look up to their big bro. Now he's giving me a part of himself so that I can be well. There's nothing more heroic than that. Thanks Randy, I'm still looking up to you.