Narrative Essay: The Process Of Cross Matching
he stroked his signature mustache. Breathless in antici-pation, I asked for the bad news first.
“It turns out they have not done the final cross-match, which is necessary before the kidney is trans-planted. Although it is simply a formality and most likely a non-issue,” he added.
Cross matching is used by doctors to make sure that the specific donor blood does not react with a patient’s blood. It is basically a transfusion done in a test tube. The process takes forty five minutes to an hour and should have been be done at least three days prior to the transplant.
“What does that mean for me?” I asked anxiously. Having said farewell to dialysis the previous day, I was unprepared and unwilling to resume the agonizing treatments once again.
“Well,
“It turns out they have not done the final cross-match, which is necessary before the kidney is trans-planted. Although it is simply a formality and most likely a non-issue,” he added.
Cross matching is used by doctors to make sure that the specific donor blood does not react with a patient’s blood. It is basically a transfusion done in a test tube. The process takes forty five minutes to an hour and should have been be done at least three days prior to the transplant.
“What does that mean for me?” I asked anxiously. Having said farewell to dialysis the previous day, I was unprepared and unwilling to resume the agonizing treatments once again.
“Well,