Weds. the 5th I got to meet the surgeon... I met Dr. Shea Samara.. The son of Dr.Scott Samara..Dr. Shea was very nice. He did mention that I had a very tiny kidney stone in my right kidney(Gabriel) and that they really want to leave the donor with the healthist of the two( they could go in with the scope and retrieve the stone in a tiny basket once removed). So now there was a chance of them taking Gabriel instead of John Matthew in return could raise the chance of doing a open surgery instead of Laproscopic. I let him know that I was there to donate my kidney and whatever they had to do I was still going to go through with it... Open, Laproscopic, Right, or Left. They were the experts and I fell confident that in their knowledge of what was the best for me and whatever needed to be done. He let me know they were having a commitee meeting that afternoon and discuss it with them and let me know later. Back to the doctors,they will both be in the operating room with me. From what I understand, I will go into surgery before the recipient. (My family and his family will be in different waiting areas) When they are about to remove my kidney they will get him ready to recieve my kidney. Once they remove John Matthew they will clean him up, give him a nice ice bath(spa treatment) and get him to his new home! I should be in surgery for about 4 1/2 hours from time I get to the OR and into recovery... Then into my room by 2 pm. Susan said that day two will be the toughest for me. I am going to be off work till the 31st. That is just insane... Thats a long time cooped up in my house.... She did say that I can go out to lunch as long as I didn't drive (hint hint, lol) Susan called and let me know they were going to continue with removing John Matthew. :) She let me see the catscan pictures and MAN was that cool... I was able to take pictures of those too... WAY COOL... She gave me my pre-op instructions.... liquid diet Sunday... boo... Those who know me, know I love my food. Of course this is totally worth it, so I will do everything on my pre-admission instruction paperwork with great pleasure! Btw, I think I have passed the kidney stone already:-) and also the recipient and his wife do want to meet me.. Don't know when, but at least I know they do want to:-)
I gave Susan the web address to my blog and prepared her to see a picture of her that I took without her knowing, Oopsy.. She wanted a better picture and of course I had my camera ready to go. What a great lady Susan is..well, I think that about sums up everything to this point. Oh wait!!! My sister Michelle Is in college. She had a speech due. Michelle decided to write this speech about being an organ donor. Using the Information she has learned through me and the Internet she was about to give a excellent speech and had printed off ten forms for people to sign up to be an organ donor...nine were filled out!! Thanks Sis!!!
