Posted on 09/05/2020 10:39:07 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Jocelynn James, a recovered drug addict and former member of “Franklin’s Most Wanted,” saved the life of the police officer who put her in jail nearly a decade ago.
Between 2007-2012, James was arrested 16 times for theft and drug charges. James says she was in a very dark place and didn’t know if she would survive.
James said she was finally able to get her life straightened out, and on Nov. 5, she will celebrate eight years out of jail and eight years sober.
“God restored me from the inside out, and to be able to give another human a kidney to extend his life is really rewarding,” James said.
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A fellow VietNam vet that I sometimes worked with handed me a gold coin. He said twenty-five years(?)clean and sober??? Then he asked if I would introduce him to a trainee that worked for me. He said it was obvious to him the young man had a problem.
And I knew this to be true. he was a very sharp, personable, and gifted athlete. and he would wreck a car about every six months. On one occasion he came in a bit disheveled (unusual), he had an odd chemical odor and his speech was not right. He told me he accidentally did some large amount of cocaine the night before! I sent him to an out of the way desk near friends; he was much better in a few hours.
I introduced him... they would occasionally meet for lunch...
Recently a mutual friend ran into him, he said to tell me he was doing well!
Redemption.
Find it odd though that a former drug addict or even alcoholic would be permitted to do a kidney organ donation.
Yes,people who are leading a self destructive...or even depraved...lives can find a better way.Sadly it doesn’t seem to happen too often but it clearly did with this woman.
I was thinking the same thing.
A year or two ago I was passing through Children's Hospital in Boston on my way to an appointment at the hospital right next door.I passed by the transplant clinic and had the idea "geeze...I won't be needing my kidneys much longer,maybe I can do something worthwhile and give one of them to a sick kid".
I called the hospital's transplant coordinator,told her who I was and what I had in mind and she said "OK,there are many questions I have to ask". After answering a dozen or so medical questions she asked "are you a diabetic?". I said "yes,type 2...well controlled". She said "OK,we have to stop right there.We can't use your kidney". And I said "even if it's well controlled?" And she said "yes".
I suspect that part of their policy could be that this kidney would be going into a kid and would,hopefully,function properly for many years whereas mine,although it's functioning well now,might not have all that much life left in it.
My first thought
“”””Find it odd though that a former drug addict or even alcoholic would be permitted to do a kidney organ donation.”””””
Eight years in the cell apparently cleaned her out enough.
I’m not an expert on kidney transplant rules, but it seems strange that this cop would be able to jump to the head of the kidney line. So effectively this kidney donation was as if it came from a relative. The cop is a lucky bastard. From the looks of him, I don’t think he could have survived the 7-8 year waiting period enduring the hell of dialysis.
The one grim skill I’ve developed over the past 10 years is to tell who will survive dialysis and who won’t. I’m not always right in my assessments, but I’d guess that I can call it 80-90% of the time.
Anyhow that woman is a saint for giving up a kidney.
The Lord works in mysterious but wonderful ways.
He gave her her life back and she gave him his. Cool story.
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