Steve went to the nephrologist today. His kidney function has dropped 4%, not good. Ironically today we received authorization from our insurance agreeing to pay for the transplant. We also received a letter from the transplant team saying that as of March 15 he has been put on the list and a letter of acceptance to receive a pager was sent. This will allow us to be notified at anytime. When the pager goes off that means they have an organ donor. He will also have to have blood work done every month from here on out.
Thanks for following Steve's story and all the thoughts and prayers!
Monday, March 21, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Latest Update
I know that it's been a while that we have possted anything, but here it is. Tomorrow Steve's case goes in front of the transplant board for approval. They just make sure that he passed all his test that he took (stress test, echo, ekg, colonoscopy etc..)that is needed for a transplant. We are keeping our fingers crossed and praying that everything goes as planned!
We did find out that he is AB+ ( its a rare blood type) and that they can not give us an average time frame of how long he may be on the list if we dont find a living donor. It is a lot easier if he gets it from a living donor rather than a cadaver ( a little disappointing)again we are praying for the best.
We did find out that he is AB+ ( its a rare blood type) and that they can not give us an average time frame of how long he may be on the list if we dont find a living donor. It is a lot easier if he gets it from a living donor rather than a cadaver ( a little disappointing)again we are praying for the best.
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