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Minor Surgery (Day 5 – 1:30am)

Last night around 8:00, what started out as a little walk became a quick race to the bathroom. Wes’ bowels have finally produced. It is…

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Minor Surgery (Day 4 – 5:50pm)

Emotionally and physically it has been a challenging day for Wes. Since the NG tube was inserted this morning he has been discouraged. The tube…

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Minor Surgery (Day 4 – 6:03am)

It has been a rough morning. I arrived at the hospital around 1:00am. Prior to my arrival Wes had vomitted. When i came to his…

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Minor Surgery Update (Day 3 – 9:11pm)

I just got off the phone with Wes.  He has had a rough evening.  Around 5:30 he went for a walk and was having extreme…

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Minor Surgery Update (Day 3 – 3:52pm)

This is wes©. Still in hospital. Beginning to feel less pain today. Won’t go home till tomorrow at earliest. Catheter still in, no solid food…

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Minor Surgery Update (3:02pm)

We are in for a long haul, again. Dr Frank (one of the other doctors on the team, and the one who took care of…

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Minor Surgery. NOT!

Wes’ surgery went well today, although it was not exactly as we expected. What we were hoping would be a 1.5 hour surgery ended up…

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Surgery Tomorrow

Tomorrow AM I will head to Jefferson for a small surgery.  My original transplant site has a tear in the outer wall that allows my…

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End of Year Update

Here’s a few “End of the Year Announcements” 1.  We did NOT buy a Spyder motorcycle.  Our last post was a fun one, but we…

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6 Months Strong…and a Spyder!

Today we celebrated six months with my new kidney.  Six months is a major marker for transplants.  I feel great, as far as kidney function…

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