Author name: flyguy33

A couple of my friends pinged me just to make sure I was "pingable". I then realized I was late on an update. It is been less than two months since the surgery and it now seems like a thing of the past. That was in a different life. If I wipe the month of […]

That was the headline as of last week. Now I am in exile back in the suburbs. The clinic watches over the patient like a hawk over the first 30 days. One thing is for sure, they don’t want you to stray far from the clinic. But as of last week blood tests are now

We seem to have most of the issues sorted out. Most importantly, I have a very happy liver and all the numbers seem great. I have not had any pain medication for five days or so in the hydraulic leaks have stopped. I am still on a bag of saline every day for hydration but

That’s me… Everything is going as expected. Over the last week I have had only two real issues, both which are not issues but expected. One is the draining from the wound. (The hydraulic fluid problem) some people leak for 30 days. I think I’ll have the problem solved before then, but it is been

Things seem to be going extraordinarily well. Every day equates to more energy and less pain. And the pain isn’t all that bad. I didn’t cry once. Pain is controlled with only a Tylenol product. All of my systems seem to be functioning well. All blood work remains normal and everything seems to be falling

Dan here…. Thanks to very one for the very kind notes and call. All of us are very appreciative and we will all talk soon. So, it all seemed to go on planed. They caught me at the office around 1pm on Monday. I can always tell when it is one of those liver calls,

Its less than 4 days since the transplant and Dan is back at the condo. We are very proud of him and of his determination to heal and get out of the hospital. Today was filled with meetings with just about every kind of specialist, doctor, dietitian, social worker, pharmacist, etc geared to prepare us

Mom and dad are packed and ready to get out of the hospital. Sometime after noon Dad will be discharged! Right now there is a parade of staff giving them post-transplant instructions. There is a ton of new information for them!

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Our whole family thanks all of you for your thoughts, prayers and good wishes. Thank you for your love and support! If you’ve called or texted with no reply, please know that we are having a lot of trouble with wireless communication at the hospital. Reception is spotty and when messages look as if theyve