Hooray! Today we received the fax that we were waiting for that is the next step toward direct contact with Lisa, Vernon's donor's wife. It was from LifeQuest, the organ recovery service in Gainesville and was a recipient disclosure request form.

"With the understanding that it is TransLife policy not to disclose the identity of the donor family or the recipient involved in the donation/transplant, unless both parties grant written permission, I request the following information to be provided to my donor family." We wrote in name, address, phone and email address, signed and dated the form and then faxed it to TransLife, the organ recovery service in Orlando (Winter Park).

Now we wait to receive the donor family information and don't know how long that will take. We have no idea if Lisa already received the form for her to complete or not. I shed a few tears this afternoon just imagining meeting her. Stay tuned because I'll let you know when that is going to happen!