When I Was Four, My Mother Left Me Alone in a Church—Twenty Years Later She Returned Crying, “We Need You”

Cardiac evaluation.

A psychological assessment.

I signed authorization allowing the donor team to tell Hannah’s transplant doctors what they needed medically.

I did not authorize my parents to receive my unrelated health information.

I also requested that all contact from the family go through the transplant coordinator unless I initiated otherwise.

The hospital respected that.

My body did not become family property simply because its cells might help.

PART 29 — LEO CALLS ONCE

Rebecca asked whether she could give Leo permission to send me one message.

I agreed.