OH MY GOSH! I don't believe it...the phone rang at 7:05 this morning and it was Angie, one of the transplant coordinators. She was incredibly calm as she told us that they had an organ for Jay! It was like Keystone Cops at our house, immediately! We did everything they told us not to do...we drove like idiots (when she said we had plenty of time), we called everyone in the family (when they told us not to) but at least we got Craig set up with Zach to meet him at their house and bring him to the hospital!
We arrived at the hospital at 8:17 am and they told us that one of the Fellows was leaving for New Mexico to biopsy the organ and see if it was viable. NEW MEXICO???? We found out that once you get to #1 on the List, that you go "nationwide," for organs! What a shock!
We didn't find out until 4:00 this afternoon that the transplant is a "go" as far as the organ being viable. It's on the way back to Dallas now and we'll know in a little bit. It has been a long and exhausting day!
At 4:30, they finished up the "get Jay ready" work and prepared him for surgery. It's official if the organ is a true match when it arrives.
It's a match - we're on our way to the O.R.!!!!!
They came to get Jay at 6:15 and Zach and I went to the operating room with him...talked with the anesthesiologist, and got ready to say our goodbyes! We were standing in the hallway with him when one of his surgeons came running down the hallway with a red Igloo cooler - it's not just TV, it's real! He went running past us and said, "This the liver!" All I could think was, "STOP RUNNING WITH IT!"
We left Jay at the doors at 6:35 pm. No word on how things will go during surgery - they warned us not to expect any updates - they can't afford to delay anything once they've opened him up!
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