I was going to write a blog this past weekend, but life had another plan for me. Now here I am with all the time in the world now, trying not to go crazy. So here we go.
Insanity has happened. When they say life is what happens when you are making plans they mean it. First, nothing has really been happening the last month up until this week. We have been tired and just trying to keep up with life and kids. Then, last week James had an appointment with the liver clinic where we were told that James' number was low enough that he was probably looking at a while before he would get a transplant, though they were going to fight for more points to get his number higher due to continued hospitalizations. Which, Yay, he got two more, making his score a little closer to where it needed to be. That was a little bit of a downer though. Next, this past Saturday I slipped. I know you are all shocked. I managed to give myself a mild concussion so was out of commission for a couple days trying to not be dizzy. Thankfully the symptoms are easing off and as of today I have gone a whole day with no tylenol and only minor headache and dizziness only on repeated or prolonged bending over (which I just avoid). However fate had another laugh at us.
Wednesday (day 4 of concussion) James got the call. There is a liver. It was an unknown history donor meaning they needed to run a few extra tests and in this case they had the extra time to do them. So we were told to come to Edmonton that night (yesterday at the time of writing this blog) after 6pm. We were able to make arrangements for the kids and take a little more time to load the car then we normally would have had. We even got to Edmonton in time to check in and drop of our stuff quick before heading over to the hospital. He got all checked in and placed in a holding room (over crowded ortho wing). They did a ton of blood work and then it was more sitting and waiting. I left at 850 to go try to get some rest. Then it is Thursday.
I say this because that is today. Thursday. This morning around 9 am the surgeon came to say that it will be a go for this afternoon. More blood work and some x-rays later we were back to wait for the next update. At 12:50 pm he had his blood pressure done and nurse said it would be done every 4 hours until they come to take him back to surgery. We went for a walk and came back. The nurse came in and said he was being summoned. Off to pre op we go, well I went half way then he was on his own. Now it is over 3 hours later and I am back in the hotel to wait for news. They say no news is good news at least until the approximate surgery time length is over (still several hours from now). The surgery is supposed to be 6-8 hours but it probably took a bit to start so I am looking at not hearing anything until 10:30 or later. I really hope for the long wait as it means everything is going well. And so I am sitting in the hotel killing time trying not to go crazy with worry. I will try to keep here updated as I can, but post most on Facebook.
Well I am out to mindlessly watch terrible cable tv for a bit. Tomorrow will be a crazy day. Talk to you all later!
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