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Wanted: Organ Transplant Recipients Who Have Been Hit By a Car
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I will add an article on here:
And since this article I am doing some public speaking and swimming a few miles a week, pursing my American Physical Therapy Association Aquatic Specialist Certificate since I will be returning to the pool as the supervising PT in September. Also started a book with my first donor’s mom as well as one on my faith and my perspective as a patient and practitioners. It’s a lot but I finally have unlimitless energy to do all this and take care of my family and plan for another baby! God is so good!
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@teresatopeka I'll ask Mentor @johnbishop to help you with this.
Teresa
Hi @teresatopeka -- is the PDF file less than 5 MB?
You can upload files with the file type of JPG, JPEG, JPE, PNG, GIF, or PDF at or less than 5 MB.
John
Yes it is. I made it a pdf since you cannot post a link. Any other suggestions?
Maybe there is an issue with the PDF file itself. How did you make the PDF file? Did you print the file to a PDF printer or save the file as a PDF file type?
Hi Teresa, links cannot be posted by new members to prevent spammers from infiltrating the community. You will be able to post links in a couple of days. I reviewed the link you wished to post and it is definitely not spam, but rather a generous sharing of your story. Allow me to post the link for you.
http://www.cjonline.com/news/20180325/two-liver-transplants-multiple-surgeries-faith-keeps-topekan-on-track
Thank you!!
All is good! Thank you for your help!
@teresatopeka, You have quite a story to share! The first word that comes to mind is that you have been blessed with multiple miracles!
I also was diagnosed with primary sclerosing cholangitis. I can identify with many of your symptoms. I was 60 when I transplanted, also at Mayo Rochester. Thank you for sharing. It is amazing, when energy returns after transplant:-)
How long before your 2nd transplant did you experience the accident? Did the accident have any thing to do with needing the transplant?
Rosemary
Yes! My bili was sitting around 30 at the time. I was severely ill but not a high enough MELD score to be at the top of the list. I was covered in sores and extremely anemic. My hepatic encephalopathy was getting severe. I would sleep all day and only get up to go to appointments or to take my son to and from school. I was hardly alive but trying my best to be a good mom because I could no longer work and my husband needed to work to support us and provide health insurance. Our son also goes to Catholic school so we had that to pay for as well. Faith and hope are very important to my family! I recently started a blog to help me write my book. I have only blogged 9 times (?) I think so far but thoughts on how this series of health events has occurred and how it relates to my faith flood my mind daily so I want to keep posting and ultimately hope it will cummulate in a book or speaking of some sort for those who need hope the most. I know you can’t post links but my blog site is http://cupoftea690793898.wordpress.com
Copy and paste to browser if you would like to read!
Also on Caringbridge under Teresa Tostenrud Hoff
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/tetesatostenrudhoff
My phone and computer will be off the next few days for the celebration of Good Friday and Easter. God Blessings to you all and I will keep all who have suffered and conquered as well as those still suffering in my prayers! God Bless!
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It won’t let me share the pdf file. Not sure why. It is small enough. Hmm?