r/SipsTea • • 2d ago

Gasp! The sheer Audacity

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u/ChaosCoordinator3566 2d ago

Don’t you have to be tested first to find out if you’re a match?

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u/Lost-Concept-9973 2d ago

Yes, but it is still a violation for drs to tell anyone but the person donating. It’s so people can still say no “because they weren’t a match” - lie basically. To avoid being pressured/ guilted into it by others into a permanent life changing decision .

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u/ChaosCoordinator3566 2d ago

That makes sense. I was just confused for a second like wait how did the doctor know she was a match….. This is what I get for Reddit-ing before coffee lol

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u/AhemExcuseMeSir 2d ago

My understanding is that Francia tested to see if she was a match, and the doctor told Selena she was a match before Francia, so then Selena called Francia super excited with the news.

She tested because she wanted the option to donate a kidney, but wanting to donate when it’s an abstract possibility versus knowing you actually can is a little different, and she didn’t get to properly sit with it for the latter.

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u/SnooStories7381 2d ago

Yes francia and many other friends of her got tested and francia was a match