It's time! (we think)

We finally got the call!

Well, it wasn’t exactly a call, but we were told early this morning that the liver team might have an offer. We weren’t really sure what that meant. They said they were waiting for more information so they could complete the evaluation, likely send somebody to visually inspect the offered organs, coordinate two surgical teams, schedule a private jet for transport of the organs, and who knows what else. Once again, we’re so extremely thankful for the potential donor.

I didn’t post this earlier this morning because there still seemed to be a lot of moving parts to be coordinated and boxes to be checked. As the morning has progressed things have firmed up a little. The liver team has checked the scans and biopsy and everything looks good so far. The donor does have Hepatitis C, but the team assures us that it is very treatable and that they frequently accept Hep C positive donors with no long-term complications.

The UT Southwestern teams are currently coordinating with the family and team of the donor who is currently on life support. Assuming the final visual inspection of the organs goes well this evening, we have a scheduled surgery time for 8:00am tomorrow morning (Tuesday).

I’ll post updates as I’m able. Let me know if you prefer text messages tomorrow. Text messages might be more frequent but less comprehensive. :-)

And the next phase of the journey begins tomorrow. We’ve already received some previews about potential complications and having to wait for the new organs to “wake up,” but I’ll leave all that for a future post.

Prayers for everything to move smoothly for the rest of today and successful surgery tomorrow would be greatly appreciated!