If your diagnosis is End State Renal Disease (ESRD), and only a transplant will do, a call that there is a match is fantastic. When the surgery goes well, your new kidney is working fine and you’re back home in recovery, life is absolutely grand. A week later, when the pain is unbearable, the emergency room is no comfort as your blood pressure drops dramatically and the pain increases: internal bleeding the diagnosis. That new gift of life must be removed. But first, four units of blood are required to save your life. True story: been there, done that. Grateful then for blood donors, and ...