Last night was an interesting one. We had a meeting about the final fund raising activity for 2013. I explained the change in the rules to some of the people there. We have decided to just take it as it comes. Just around 10PM, the phone rings, it's IMC transplant team. We were put on "alert", we were told that the final decision would not be made until morning. They weren't even sure the liver would stay here in Utah. So we went to sleep, yes we did go to sleep. I had a feeling like this was not the one for us.
At 11:20PM, the phone rings. It's the transplant team again. We were no longer on alert. Seems the donor had some issues and the liver was no longer an option.
I feel bad for the family that lost their loved one. I feel bad for those that are desperate to get a new liver. We are doing well, we can wait a little while. I wish more people would be aware of the need for organ donations and be willing to help those in need.
September is just around the corner. Our ward is sponsoring a "Fathers and Sons" event on the 13th and 14th. Eldon will meet up with Corey and Clayton, son and grandson, he will have a good time then. It will make all this waiting and on alerts, not on alerts much better.
So we move on, we wait and we praise our Father in Heaven.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
August 2013
It's almost the middle of Augus and it's been awhile since I have written. Last week was a tough week. On Wednesday the 7th, we had to have our sweet little dog, Angel, put to sleep. She was in a lot of pain and suffering. When the Vet said ther was nothing more he could do we knew the time had come. It was so hard to say goodbye, she has been such a wonferful addition to our lives. We know she's now with Dee-O-Gee and they are running through the fields.
Then on Thursday Eldon called to make sure we could go to Idaho for our family reunion, he talked with our nurse coordinator and she said to go ahead. She also told him that the rules for transplants have changed and now Utah must share livers with California. On the Utah list Eldon is #2 on the regional list he's #33. I guess this means that the transplant will take longer to happen if it even happens. With affordable health care staring in 2014 I worry whether he will get the transplant or not. A person must go before a medical review board and it will be determined what kind of health care you will get. Eldon will be 61 in October and I am not sure we will ever see a new liver. At least the tumor is dead and there is no evidence that it has shown up anywhere else.
We were ready to go to Idaho, the car was packed on Friday night. At 1:15AM the transplant team called and said there might be a liver. Talk about confusion, we had been told just two days before it might be some time before we get a liver. So we cancelled our trip to Idaho, missed our family. We waited around all day only to find out at 5PM that the night coordinator had forgotten to tell the day coordinator that she had contacted us. Come to find out we could have gone to Idaho. It was so frustrating for us to go through this.
However, with all that we will move forward. We will give thanks to our Father in Heaven. We give thanks to our family and friends for their love and support. AND we wait.
Then on Thursday Eldon called to make sure we could go to Idaho for our family reunion, he talked with our nurse coordinator and she said to go ahead. She also told him that the rules for transplants have changed and now Utah must share livers with California. On the Utah list Eldon is #2 on the regional list he's #33. I guess this means that the transplant will take longer to happen if it even happens. With affordable health care staring in 2014 I worry whether he will get the transplant or not. A person must go before a medical review board and it will be determined what kind of health care you will get. Eldon will be 61 in October and I am not sure we will ever see a new liver. At least the tumor is dead and there is no evidence that it has shown up anywhere else.
We were ready to go to Idaho, the car was packed on Friday night. At 1:15AM the transplant team called and said there might be a liver. Talk about confusion, we had been told just two days before it might be some time before we get a liver. So we cancelled our trip to Idaho, missed our family. We waited around all day only to find out at 5PM that the night coordinator had forgotten to tell the day coordinator that she had contacted us. Come to find out we could have gone to Idaho. It was so frustrating for us to go through this.
However, with all that we will move forward. We will give thanks to our Father in Heaven. We give thanks to our family and friends for their love and support. AND we wait.
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