Update from Trish - June 7, 2010

I got home from Omaha yesterday, after 3 days of pre-transplant testing I was ready to come home. Everything went really well, and was much easier than I ever dreamed it would be. They were unable to get me in for my lung biopsy so I will have to return next Tuesday for that procedure. I met with the transplant surgeon yesterday, and he was wonderful. He told me if the lung nodules come back malignant we will consult Oncology, and they can go in and do a VAT procedure to remove them. The lesions are so small they cannot see them on a plain chest x-ray, but there is one that is 1 cm that they feel confident that they will be able to get a sample of it. If they are benign, and we all pray they are, I will likely go on the transplant list on Wednesday. If we don't have a liver in 3 months we will write another letter and try to get me more points to move me up on the list. He is very confident that I will do very well, and he was so reassuring I could have hugged him. He thought the actual surgery would only take about 4 hours, that is truly amazing to me. His confidence made me feel very reassured, and I know in my heart (and liver) that I am in the right place. Due to the fact that I have cancer, my points for a transplant will allow me to be higher on the list. So keep the prayers coming, and we will hope for good results from the biopsy on Tuesday.