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Replies to "Hi @nianyi and welcome to the Transplants group on Connect. What great questions. I'm bringing @rosemarya..."
Thanks, Colleen. I will review the links. First -- not that it makes a big difference here -- I meant to say my husband is blood type-B, not O. The reason we're looking at Mayo in Arizona is according to the data I've been looking at on the txmultilisting site (can't link it since I'm a new poster 🙁 ), the wait in Arizona is a little over two years, whereas Mayo in Jacksonville it's over seven. Moving to be near the facility isn't an option for us ahead of time, though we do realize we will need to be in the vicinity for a period of time post-discharge. Is there a bare minimum amount of consecutive time that patients and their support person need to commit to initially? I've contacted quite a number of facilities, and I've found this varies greatly -- one said three weeks and another eight.