This was me, 6 months ago, diagnosed with cryptogenic cirrhosis. (Fancy doc speak for "We don't know what caused it.")
It progressed rapidly, and was told the day I went into the ER that I would be lucky to make it a month without a transplant.
Then there's me, last week, driving myself to my weekly bloodwork, after some stranger's family made the hardest decision possible, to take a loved one off life support. Because of their loss, I am still a father of 3 great kids, and a wife of 15 years that is the center of my universe.
I don't know how to immeasurably thank someone for saving my life at the expense of a family member, and it's time I finally write the letter to get sent to them.
All I can think to send them is an apology and attempt to put overwhelming condolences in that letter...
I'm having a hard time finding words to thank someone, knowing that it was only possible with their loss.