April is "Organ Transplant Awareness Month" - #donatelife
I was staring down death recently, having waited almost 2 full years on the organ waiting list.
I was in need of a multiple-organ transplant (Liver, Stomach, Pancreas, Small Intestine, Large Intestine). . . needless to say, I was a hard match. All organs had to come from the same person, and I needed 5 good ones - that's tough!
However, even after waiting almost 2 years for these organs withOUT even a single false alarm, October 2022 was apparently "the designated time" for my match. I was only 2 months short of that full 2 year wait - and my time was dwindling. I was looking at having to go into Hospice by the end of the year.
Well, that match came and when I woke up from surgery, I felt like a different person. Yes, I was hurting from surgery - it was more than 12 hours long and it spanned over 2 days. But I almost felt better after surgery than I did going into it. . . pushing aside the pain from surgery itself, my body felt better in surgery recovery than it did going into surgery!
I have had my setbacks and had a few times where adjustments with medications, etc. needed to be made. However, overall I feel so much better! You can get a snapshot into my experience here:
iuhealth.org/thrive/she-moved-from-texas-to-be-close-to-iu-h...
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