# I don't even believe in prayers. How 'bout some good vibrations? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 6, 2015, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-even-believe-in-prayers-how-bout-some-good-vibrations/727135 "2015-08-06T06:50:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-even-believe-in-prayers-how-bout-some-good-vibrations/727135/1 "2015-08-06T06:50:34Z")
My husband’s colleague - the guy who spent the night with Tony at the hospital so that my mother-in-law and I could rest, the guy who delivered groceries and dog food to the house for the teenager and toddler and dogs while I was tied up at the trauma center, the guy who showed up with a truck when we were moving, and with a lawn mower when mine broke at the end of summer last year - is having kidney transplant surgery this morning. After-market parts couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. I’m so very grateful to the stranger who is donating a whole freaking kidney to my friend. The world is a better place for the continued presence of both of these men. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-even-believe-in-prayers-how-bout-some-good-vibrations/727135/2 "2015-08-06T07:39:50Z")
[This is the total stranger who is giving my friend a whole freakin’ kidney!](http://www.wtoc.com/story/29567175/deputy-in-need-of-kidney-finds-donor) Sarge has a son and daughter, both too young to drive. Mr. Hanson is giving them the chance to grow up with a father. How cool is that?! ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-even-believe-in-prayers-how-bout-some-good-vibrations/727135/3 "2015-08-06T08:06:40Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-even-believe-in-prayers-how-bout-some-good-vibrations/727135/4 "2015-08-06T08:32:55Z")
It’s good to know there are people like that in the world 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-even-believe-in-prayers-how-bout-some-good-vibrations/727135/5 "2015-08-06T16:50:57Z")
You got those vibes and I’ll throw in a general raised glass to a really cool person. ---
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-even-believe-in-prayers-how-bout-some-good-vibrations/727135/6 "2015-08-06T16:53:57Z")
Two thumbs up! ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-even-believe-in-prayers-how-bout-some-good-vibrations/727135/7 "2015-08-06T17:45:32Z")
Two amazing people. Sending whatever they find useful. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-even-believe-in-prayers-how-bout-some-good-vibrations/727135/8 "2015-08-07T02:23:55Z")
Good for him! A drink in his honor! ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-even-believe-in-prayers-how-bout-some-good-vibrations/727135/9 "2015-08-07T15:18:31Z")
Heckuva guy, both of them! Extra vibes for the donor! ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-even-believe-in-prayers-how-bout-some-good-vibrations/727135/10 "2015-08-12T01:05:21Z")
Surgery went great for everyone - both donor and recipient are back at home and doing great. The donor is my aunt’s next-door neighbor, so my cousins are keeping a check on him and his family to make me happy. (And also because they’re really nice people, as one might infer from actions like donating a body part to a total stranger.) I’m just over the moon to see the Sarge looking so healthy and happy! ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-even-believe-in-prayers-how-bout-some-good-vibrations/727135/11 "2015-08-12T01:10:38Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > Good for him! A drink in his honor! Because he can’t anymore! Sometimes people are amazingly good. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-even-believe-in-prayers-how-bout-some-good-vibrations/727135/12 "2015-08-12T01:47:06Z")
You may not believe in prayer but I do!😃 I also send good vibes as requested, but I’ll have to go out to raise a drink, because I don’t have anything boozy in the house.☹ Hearing about kidney donations and healthy people donating makes me happy, because I’ve had kidney issues myself.