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What is the Living Donor Process Like?

Transplants | Last Active: Aug 9, 2021 | Replies (119)
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@ek101085

Hello!

I was fully approved as an organ donor in July.
Because of the rare disease and all the options and preconditioming that may or may not need to be completed before an actual transplant can take place, we are still awaiting to hear when a surgery may be scheduled.
My sisters case is complicated and the waiting game is a tough one, especially when she continues to get worse.
Hopefully 2020 will be our year.

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Rosemary, Volunteer Mentor | @rosemarya | Nov 25, 2019

@ek101085, Thank you for sharing your update. I understand the difficulty of the wait, the complications, and the declining health. Organ transplant is not a Hollywood movie script, is it?
I assume that your sister is in close contact with her transplant doctor. Before my transplant at Mayo Rochester, I was told by the transplant team to stay nearby, and since I live in Kentucky, that meant for me to stay in Rochester. For my husband and me, that amounted to just over 8 weeks prior to transplant. We stayed at the Gift of Life Transplant House. Is your sister in or near the transplant center for treatment now?

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