Last Wednesday I had my transplant evaluation at U of M Fairview Transplant Center. Mom, Laurie, and Jon came with me. It was a long day(they took 18 test tubes of blood-my arm is still bruised and finaly got my blood type B positive) but we all learned a lot about transplants. I will definitely need a kidney. They tested my kidney function and I'm down to 18%. Which is worse from what I've been told by my Doctors here in Duluth. And at 15% I will need to start dialsis. At this point my best choice is a living donor then the next choice is being placed on the National organ tranplant list and waiting for a kidney to come available, on average up to a 5 year wait.
I recieved a call yesterday from the tranplant center saying I'm a great canidate for the kidney/pancreas transplant. But they would like me to have a couple more test. So I need to have another stress test just to make sure my heart is strong enough for the operations. I have blood work done every month to stay on top of my kidney function and my diabetes.
I will keep everyone informed on my progress and if anyone has questions you can contact either Laurie or Jon.
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