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What to Expect as a Transplant Caregiver Jan 5, 2021 | By Kristin Eggebraaten (@keggebraaten)
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Thanks Ginger. Here's another question. Being that the recipient will be immune compromised and on drugs to help with that, what happens if the caregiver gets sick or is compromised in some way? Should there be back up caregiver ready and willing to drop everything to take up the slack?

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Ginger, Volunteer Mentor | @gingerw | Dec 23, 2020

@actsoflight This is a great question, and I believe there should be a second person available to step in if needed. My husband's daughter was about 30 miles away as he recovered at home, if he needed her and I wasn't there. I was still at my place 100 miles from him part of the week during his recovery, holding down a part-time job. He also had two neighbors who checked in on him, and his co-workers kept a close tab.
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