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The liver is the largest internal organ in humans and the only one that will grow back if part of it is removed. It is responsible for over 500 different functions in collaboration with other organs. Pfft. Overachiever.

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Posted on April 9, 2014April 8, 2014

National Blue & Green Day Is Friday, April 11th

Donate Life America promotes organ donation awareness year round, but as we've mentioned before, April is a month long push to get people to sign up to be organ donors. In honor of that, Donate Life has designated this Friday, April 11th, as National Blue & Green Day! This is your opportunity to support organ donors …

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Posted on April 7, 2014April 5, 2014

Pre-Op Appointments

Today, Derek and I will head down to Lahey bright and early for pre-op meetings and updated tests for Derek. It's going to be a very long day, but we will try to give an update on what happens for Tuesday's post. Here's a breakdown of what we'll be up to: Derek AM: General poking …

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Posted on March 18, 2014March 18, 2014

Conquering The Fear Of The Unknown

As promised, here is my report from Monday's tour of the surgical areas of Lahey. Because this meeting was about my surgery, this information is very Logan-centric. Much of what happens on the day of surgery will be similar for Derek and me, but for obvious reasons, his surgery and recovery are a bit different …

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Posted on March 8, 2014March 7, 2014

Talking To Someone Who Knows

In my continuing effort to be as prepared as possible for this crazy adventure, I spoke to someone who knows exactly what I'm going through, because she did the same thing for her husband! When we first started this process, my nurse mentioned that if I wanted to talk to another live donor she could …

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Posted on February 28, 2014February 28, 2014

A Little Insight Into My Brain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpmGXeAtWUw The other day Derek and I had an interesting conversation where I tried to explain how my brain works, or in this case malfunctions. Now I am going to attempt to explain it to all of you! The video clip above (sorry about the ad) is from WarGames and if you're familiar with that …

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Oh my goodness. We have less than two years to train!

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