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Friday, November 20, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Video - Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
Below is a video of a living donor kidney transplant video on OR Live.
VIDEO of a Living Donor Kidney Transplant Surgery
Length: 1h 4m 38s
Originally Aired: March 25, 2009
Webcast Event from Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, Virginia
Experienced surgeons show the laparoscopic procedure for removing a kidney from a healthy donor to transplant into a person suffering from kidney disease.
Over 1,700 kidney transplants have been performed at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital where the kidney program is ranked among the top 50 hospitals in the nation by the US News & World Report for it's Renal Transplant Program.
VIDEO of a Living Donor Kidney Transplant Surgery
Length: 1h 4m 38s
Originally Aired: March 25, 2009
Webcast Event from Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, Virginia
Experienced surgeons show the laparoscopic procedure for removing a kidney from a healthy donor to transplant into a person suffering from kidney disease.
Over 1,700 kidney transplants have been performed at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital where the kidney program is ranked among the top 50 hospitals in the nation by the US News & World Report for it's Renal Transplant Program.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Surgery is Delayed :(
Michael Garrels, the transplant coordinator, just called me to say that there has been a delay due to an issue with one of the recipients. :(
The cross-matching tests won't take place until December or January and the transplants not until February 2010.
Like I was told everything in life happens at a certain time for a reason.
The cross-matching tests won't take place until December or January and the transplants not until February 2010.
Like I was told everything in life happens at a certain time for a reason.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Surgery is Scheduled!!
At least tentatively... A match run was done and, as expected, I was linked with a potential kidney recipient!
A virtual cross match was done where the antibodies of the recipient and my tissue typing are entered into a computer system that determined, at first glance, we're a match but a couple more tests still need to be done: An actual cross-match test and a blood test. And because a recipient's antibody levels go up and down there is a second cross-match test done closer to the surgery.
And if all goes well, my surgery is scheduled for December 9, 2009! I can barely believe it! That is exactly 1 month from today, 4 weeks from Wednesday!! I'm excited!
There will be a total of 12 transplants performed and in my group there are 3 pairs.
This is a new link posted on @organdonations on Twitter that is a similar set up to mine (3 donors, 3 recipients):
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6524508/Doctors-to-perform-Britains-first-three-way-kidney-transplant.html
From the Canadian Society of Transplantation:
A living donor paired exchange registry is a database of medical information on incompatible donor-recipient pairs. Each pair consists of a patient with chronic kidney disease and someone who would like to donate a kidney to them, but cannot do so because they are ABO or HLA incompatible. At regular intervals, a mathematical algorithm is applied to the database to identify and optimize the number of compatible pairs that might be able to exchange donors so that both patients can receive a living donor kidney transplant.
From the Transplant Week website
Medical Views: Living Donation -- Is It For You?
A virtual cross match was done where the antibodies of the recipient and my tissue typing are entered into a computer system that determined, at first glance, we're a match but a couple more tests still need to be done: An actual cross-match test and a blood test. And because a recipient's antibody levels go up and down there is a second cross-match test done closer to the surgery.
And if all goes well, my surgery is scheduled for December 9, 2009! I can barely believe it! That is exactly 1 month from today, 4 weeks from Wednesday!! I'm excited!
There will be a total of 12 transplants performed and in my group there are 3 pairs.
This is a new link posted on @organdonations on Twitter that is a similar set up to mine (3 donors, 3 recipients):
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6524508/Doctors-to-perform-Britains-first-three-way-kidney-transplant.html
From the Canadian Society of Transplantation:
A living donor paired exchange registry is a database of medical information on incompatible donor-recipient pairs. Each pair consists of a patient with chronic kidney disease and someone who would like to donate a kidney to them, but cannot do so because they are ABO or HLA incompatible. At regular intervals, a mathematical algorithm is applied to the database to identify and optimize the number of compatible pairs that might be able to exchange donors so that both patients can receive a living donor kidney transplant.
From the Transplant Week website
Medical Views: Living Donation -- Is It For You?
Friday, November 6, 2009
News
I find out Monday! I didn't provide my new address and phone number to Michael Garrels so he couldn't reach me yesterday. Sherry left me a voicemail at work this morning so I was very excited to call her back. Unfortunately, Michael isn't in the office today. Argh! I want to know!! All Sherry could tell me is that Michael has news for me. I guess that is good but it doesn't do me any good. I want to know! At least I have something specific to look forward to. I hope I have a recipient. I wonder if my recipient knows yet.... :)
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- I married Lorne on Saturday, August 13, 2005. Our children Benjamin and Brittany live with us and our 3 dogs Bailey, Rex, Leo, and Molly the cat.