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Nov-16-01, 03:05 PM (Pacific)
"LDLT"
i wanted to share something with all of you. my dad has primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), and his liver is failing. he will die soon if he does not get a new liver. he is on the liver recipient list, but there is such a need for livers that literally thousands of people die every year on the waiting list!

i decided to apply for a living donor liver transplant (LDLT). with LDLTs, doctors take half of a person's healthy liver and transplant it into someone else. because the liver is one of the most regenerative organs in the body, both the donor and the recipient's livers grow back entirely!

well, like i said, i applied and got accepted into the program. this monday, (11/19/01) i go up to the USC hospital to get evaluated to see if i am an acceptable candidate. i meet with a transplant surgeon, a social worker, and a hepatologist, and i get a chest x-ray, EKG and MRI.

i ask that you all pray for me as i get evaluated, and for my dad. if you don't pray, positive thoughts, wishes and words are great as well. i will continue to keep you posted on what happens.

Willow
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