I've done the same.
Bad Ferret, I hope the process goes smoothly and quickly for you Should you find yourselves referred up to Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, the Bear Den is open to you. We are about 30 to 45 min from the Hospital. I also wish to add one piece of advice. I had a friend go thru a similar idiopathic disease that attacked his liver. After the surgery, he felt great and left the hospital sooner than recommended and had complications which caused the transplant to fail. I would urge you and your wife to make the decision to stay in the hospital as long as the docs want you to.
Good luck, hope your wife finds a donor soon! Thanks for the update.
Best of luck to you and your wife.
I've used Caringbridge for a number of situations and don't see why your wife's situation would not be a good match. Additionally you may find some of your extended circle already have caringbrige accounts which makes it easy for them as well.
I recently read about some programs where a willing donor who is not a match gives a kidney to someone who is a match and a chain is started until it circles back to the original person. That's worth looking into.
When I heard about that I looked into donating but I basically can't
like i said. Unfortunately I can't donate. Best of luck though.
What blood type is she?
Man, that's rough.
I actually don't know what to say for once.
There's been an update and a rough week for Badferret and his spouse:
http://www.gofundme.com/frmr9o
Totaled Car, House issues, appendix surgery. Prayers and love to you friend.
Donated just now. Hope it helps, Badferret. Sounds like you've had a sh*tty few weeks, too.
MathGoddess wrote:What blood type is she?
Ironically, she is O + the universal donor.
O- is the Universal Donor. On the other hand, I am O+, which is close but not quite.
Hang in there Badferret.
I have been dealing with a few family health issues over the last 3 years so I'm sending you whatever positive energy and empathy I can muster at this point.
Oh my goodness, I am just so sorry. I cannot imagine having this happen to my wife. So terrible. Believe me, if I could take this away from her and put it on myself, I would in a heartbeat. So sorry.
I am going to look over the living donor. However I tried to donate blood a few months ago and was told I couldn't because I spent a few months in England back in the late 80's. Turns out, that was when the whole "mad cow" thing was happening, and that can lay dormant for decades. So I have a permanent block from donating blood.
I can't believe I just found out about this.
Thoughts and prayers from Mexico.
I just chipped in a bit, hope it helps.
Glad she got a nicer room. It helps when you are more at ease. Hopefully out soon again though!
Best of luck, Badferret. I truly hope for the best.
I looked into living donation but can't personally. As for blood type remember you can chain so anyone might work.
Good luck to you
realityhack wrote:I looked into living donation but can't personally. As for blood type remember you can chain so anyone might work.
Good luck to youYes, absolutely right, they don't just match for her, they match in a whole network, think six degrees to Kevin Bscon's kidney.
In good news, despite also being diagnosed with C. Diff, she is currently on target for discharge tomorrow!
Good news on the discharge. My wife also had c. diff in the hospital the other week, but they didn't tell us for a week. They also don't tell you the majority of cases are acquired in the hospital.
Awesome! Hope everything goes well!
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