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Transplants | Last Active: Mar 1 9:22am | Replies (34)

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@colleenyoung

Hi @rickherman. Congrats on the 3.5 years with the new liver. How is your liver function now? How are you doing? I look forward to getting to know more about your transplant story.

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I'm doing fine now but I have had a few bumps along the way. In November of 2022 I ended up in the ER with a temperature of almost 103 degrees. To make a long story short, they found that I had developed a blood clot and a small portion of my liver had died. The transplant team told me that the remainder of my liver was functioning fine as all my liver function tests were normal. So we dealt with the infection for a few months and everything is back to normal. Then to make my year complete I developed kidney stones in September and had to have them removed. Now come the strange part is that I am grateful to have had these problems because that means I am still here to be part of my families lives. I have six grandchildren, ( 3 have been born since my transplant) and I tell people because of this gift that I have received they will grow up knowing Grandpa instead of hearing about Grandpa.
So my message is to stay positive your still here.