I Got the News Today, Oh Boy!

I don't know why all these song lyrics are coming out of me lately, but they are, so I"m going to go with it.

I actually got the news yesterday. Holly called me to say that I had gotten great marks on all my evaluations. She said that Dr. Miles felt it was best for me to proceed with the transplant, provided I had a living donor. That's my condition for this to move forward.

The other shoe in this conversation is that Dr. Morris was not at the team meeting, so his voice was not a part of the discussion. Naturally, I had questions. First and foremost, was his voice able to stop this process? Holly couldn't answer that, which I understood, but it was a question I wanted her to take back and get answered for me. There's no reason for me to start the hardcore solicitation of potential living donors if I haven't cleared all the hurdles in the evaluation process.

Holly was going to ask Dr. Miles if he had any idea of how Dr, Morris viewed my case, and whether or not the two were in agreement on my proceeding under the condition that I have a live donor. Hopefully, I'll learn that today, but I'm prepared to wait until Friday before I know for sure.

Now, I still need to visit with the UNMC Social Worker next Wednesday, so I would be waiting for the "official" acceptance and eligibility letter until the end of the month anyway. But, since I don't expect to be tripped up by the Social Worker, I think it's safe to say that the medical hurdle is the one that will pave the way for me to begin serious living donor recruitment.

As the eternal optimist, I'm pleased with the news I got yesterday from Holly. The additional waiting goes with the territory, I guess, so there's no sense in getting worked up about it.