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Campbell wasn\u2019t worried, though. She was confident in and trusted God\u2019s plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel like it was all in God\u2019s timing because everything down to the surgery date fell into place the way it should. It couldn\u2019t have been any clearer that this was meant to happen, and I guess that\u2019s why I felt so positive throughout the whole thing. At first, Jake wasn\u2019t for it, but we prayed about it, and nothing made me question it,\u201d said Campbell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The transplant took place on August 19, 2022, and Carter agrees that timing is everything in this case. Kidneys from a deceased donor usually last for only 10 to 15 years, but Carter\u2019s lasted for 25. Campbell had married into the family only five years earlier, so had her kidney given out sooner, Campbell would not have been there to donate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Carter said, \u201cWe could just see God\u2019s hand in everything. We really have felt it every step of the way; it worked out beautifully. It gives you such confidence that you know God has a plan for us from the moment we\u2019re born, and He\u2019s just there every step of the way.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s not uncommon for people to question why Campbell would donate her kidney when she or an immediate family member might need it. The misconceptions surrounding being a living kidney donor are many and something the family hopes to clarify. <\/p>\n\n\n\n One is that organ donation delays burial. Carter said this is not the case; the sooner organs are harvested, the better the chances for a successful transplant. Some fear that harvesting the organs disrespects the body, but a donor\u2019s family does not give up control. Carter said, \u201cI think anybody that has ever donated from a loved one that\u2019s passed has found they are so respectful of the body and the family.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Both Campbell and Carter have been treated with compassion and respect throughout their experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Campbell said, \u201cLet\u2019s say I held my two kidneys, waiting for one of my kids to need it. Nine times out of 10, knock on wood, that\u2019s not going to happen. Another thing is that I might not even be able to donate at that time. I know that right now, my body is healthy, and I am able to donate. But in 10 years, that might not be the case. So holding on to a kidney and waiting to see what happens or losing my mother-in-law and my husband losing his mother just wasn\u2019t worth it. If you have someone in your family, you can be a living donor, or you can go in being a living donor to someone you don\u2019t know. It\u2019s something I never even thought of until I got into this family. It was a really cool experience.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s an experience that has brought the women even closer together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Carter said, \u201cI have always loved her. I\u2019ve loved her from the minute I met her. She\u2019s got such a bubbly, sweet personality, and she\u2019s just such a good mother and wife. I love her in so many ways. But I just feel a connection and a closeness to her that is just a bond. She will never know what she has given me through the generosity of her spirit. There\u2019s not any way you can say thank you. I try to think of what I can do for her, and I keep coming up with: \u2018There\u2019s just no way that you can ever repay somebody for giving you life.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Campbell feels there are no thanks necessary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLike I told her from the beginning, joking around, but in all seriousness, she raised an amazing man, so it makes everything good. It was a fair trade,\u201d she said. GN <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Twenty-nine-year-old Sarah Campbell knew she wanted to donate her kidney to her mother-in-law, Judy Carter, and did so in August of 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12370,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-11911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover","tag-february"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/goodnewsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC01023-2-1-1024x683.jpg\")
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