Table 3.

Coping Mechanisms

Group	Theme	Representative Quote(s)
Recipients	Faith	“…And, you know, I just prayed God that if…you know, if she donate this kidney that it was going to work. …You know? Everything was going to be okay because,… you know, I mean I just…, you know, had that kind of faith to believe that…, you know, God is able to do…, you know, anything up there. So that’s what I had that faith.”
Donors	Normalization of Donation	“Family. You know, you do that for family. That’s my big brother, and I’m sure if the situation was reversed, I was in some type of lifesaving situation, he would do the same for me.” “It’s a huge decision. I’m not making light of it at all, but it’s not as big as people probably make it out to be. …I think that we can ascribe all these huge oh my God and it is life changing. I’m not saying it’s not life changing, but it’s life-changing in a way that is manageable. There’s other things that can happen to you that will be worse. This actually could be a good thing. I definitely don’t think people will look at it that way.”