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You both sound like wonderful people,may God bless you and your family.Mrs Gomes you are a blessed child.
They say they're doing well, and Delores Archie, of Graniteville, says she'll never forget the special gift from her daughter.
"I feel like I got my life back," she said. She's no longer on dialysis and can eat certain things again, including her and her daughter's favorite: chocolate ice cream.
Eating ice cream had become a time when the two would trade stories, "and we've been sharing it ever since" the transplant, Mrs. Archie said.
Mrs. Archie learned she had problems with both of her kidneys after experiencing fatigue and other symptoms a few years ago.
The blood pressure medication she had been taking for 20 years was the cause, she said.
One of her kidneys still isn't functioning, she said, but the kidney from her daughter has kept her in good shape. She says she's even thinking of getting a part-time job.
Mrs. Archie said she was reluctant to let her daughter give up one of her kidneys. But Mrs. Gomes said she was determined to fix her mom's health problem. "My momma is the kind of person who is real hesitant about doing anything, and I'm the motivator," Mrs. Gomes said. "So I knew if I just said we're doing this and this is how it's going to happen, she's just, 'OK, OK.'"
Mrs. Archie said that last Mother's Day her daughter gave her a couple of fitting presents.
"I got a can of kidney beans," she said with a laugh, and a plush toy that had a head shaped like a kidney.
Mrs. Gomes said she has another kidney-themed offering for her mother for this year.
"I'm covered this year with some Jelly Belly jelly beans," she said.
Reach Preston Sparks at (803) 648-1395, ext. 110, or preston.sparks@augustachronicle.com.
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