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.