General
Did you name your organs?
May 19, 2023
in General
I have never really been the person to make creative names for my things. I never named my vehicles, my stuffed bear as a kid was "Teddy", my dollies were "Baby". So, I didn't really come up with a plan to name my kidney and pancreas after Transplant. Several of my friends decided they needed names and now I have "Ken the kidney, and Patty the Pancreas".
What did you name your organs?
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Transplant Patient
I never did! I say she when talking about my new liver, but not a specific name. Sometimes I make jokes about her being a whale. When I had my first ultrasound (that I remember) post transplant, I was still on so many drugs I was convinced they’d transplanted a whale into me. For whatever reason the ultrasound looked like underwater and made whale sounds, I thought. It took a hot minute for doctors to convince me I didn’t actually have a marine mammal organ inside my body and it was indeed from a human
My is my donors name “Andy” when they sent me their first letter and they told me all about their son. I remember I was walking on a beautiful day and I said thank you so much Andy for my new liver. We talked a lot that day. Andy was very athletic and loved the outdoors.💚
What a beautiful way to honor your donor!
I love Hercules - what a great name @kidneywarrior ! I feel like organ transplant goes very well with Hercules. "his mortal part was consumed, and his divine part ascended to heaven, becoming a god."
@AliEm14 , I also refer to my organs as "She"!
TServold Kidneysarrior,
Thank you, I like Hercules 💪 b/c it sounds strong.
Transplant Patient
Yes @TServold ! My first kidney was Pisse Nisse (male) and my new one (one month old!) is croissant Lisa (named by my five year old daughter ) and my pancreas is Zeta (play on beta and catherine zeta Jones who was in Zorro at that time)
I took a poll with my Facebook friends and the name that won was “Kiseki” which means miracle in Japanese. We lived in Japan for 2 years and one of my daughters was born there. It was quite fitting, as I also had a sleepy kidney. After 7 weeks, my kidney finally woke up after surgery. ☺️
Omg!! I cannot wait to tell this story. You will not BELIEVE you named my kidney... HARRY STYLES!!!!!! My donor and I saw him in concert together last year and we are such huge fans. We had really good seats in the General Admission standing area and decided to make this sign, and during his show, he interacts with fans, looked at ours, and talked to us for 2 minutes!!! I am posting the link to part of the video, but if you look up "Harry Styles names a Kidney" you will find more videos online. He named it Julie!
Link to video --> https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClA-_l5DAuY/
Transplant Patient
@jillralkee i love that! You have the best stories. I hope you share them all on your webinar this week 🥰
I love all these names, and I love that your daughter named your new kidney! How very fun, and special.
@Shelbycreates “Kiseki” is the perfect name! What a wonderful name, story, connection.
@jillralkee Okay, WHAT?!!?!? how super fun!
Old thread, but hey, whatever.
I named my liver Trish (sometimes Trisha). From the middle name of the ICU nurse, who was the first person I saw after surgery. Bonded really hard to her, imprinted like a baby chick bonding to the first creature it sees after hatching.
And, the liver needs a separate identity. It is not my liver, it is not me. She was quite fussy at first, but we seem to be getting along much better these days.
Surely there are other naming stories?
This is all sorts of amazing, Jill. I'm a huge music and concert fanatic so I appreciate this so much.
I remember a member of my transplant care team asked me if I had chosen a name while I was still in the hospital recovering from my living kidney donor transplant...and I didn't really have an answer and as I looked around my hospital room my eyes caught the TV and the LG branding and I immediately thought their slogan "Life's Good" is indeed a good name for my new bean and so "LG" stuck!
Yes! Pre- transplant I called my new liver Howard. My medical team in the hospital got a kick out of it and talked about Howard. After transplant and connecting to my donor family, I found his name is Johnny. So my liver is now Howard Johnny. Yes, kinda odd but it works for me.
I named my heart Trixie. “T” for my grandson Theo and “R” for my grandaughter Rory and I just felt like my new heart needed a fun and outgoing name and I feel like it is a she lol. Trixie sounded like a fun girl and one with a little bit of attitude! Shes been hood to me so far (since Sept 12th)!!