About Dan

God has graced me and I have been very lucky in my life.  I am 59-years old and have lived in the Chicago area all of my life.  I have been married since I was 22 to the greatest lady in the world.  We have been told by many that they want to model their marriage after ours.  She is the most positive person I know.  Never changes and always on the high on life.  They broke the mold with her.

We have two daughters, both married to great guys, who all have their feet planted firmly on this earth. All are smart, articulate, outgoing, caring, responsible, and trustworthy.  One now has her own business in Chicago and the other lives in Ohio with our grand daughter.  I have been in business for myself since I was 25-years old.   I have been blessed with a successful business, with great business partners who are my extended family at the office.  We are close. Very close.  We operate our business with high trust relationships and we are always there for each other.  Always.  We are intensely loyal to our customers, our suppliers, board members, partners, banks and insurance folks.  We consider then an integral part of our team and family.

So why the blog?

When I was told I would be on a transplant list my first reaction was that something good had to come out of it to help other people. There is a huge responsibility here and  we all must  rise to those responsibilities. There are reasons for everything and this is no different.  Some guy (or girl) is coming up behind me and he needs some help too. The web is a great resource to learn, research, and disseminate information to others. Even so, there isn’t  a lot available with first person personal stories.

I decided to share my story and every step of my transplant journey through this blog.  It is my hope that it will help other patients learn and navigate the transplant process.  There is so much information out there and help too.