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 …
More Progress In The Fight To Save Lives
Here's an interesting report from NPR about getting donated organs to recipients more quickly. Less time on ice seems like a very good thing. One Last Journey For Organ Donors Speeds Transplants "When you look at patients in the hospital, the only ones who are happy are the ones who are delivering babies and those …
What Rhymes With Surgeries?
April surgeries, bring May...? Man, if you thought it was hard to find something that rhymes with orange... April showers, apparently bring May flowers. And so, we have chosen April for our surgical odyssey. (For those of you who follow the blog regularly, you may recall that a couple of days ago I said, "Why …
More Questions Answered
On Friday, when we were sitting in the doctor's office at Lahey, Derek and I were both trying to remember some of the questions that have been rattling around in our brains the last few weeks. We remembered a couple. Will Derek and I get to share a room to recover? The answer is no, …
Live Donor Update #6
Today Yesterday, Derek and I headed down to Lahey for his regular, I'm-on-the-transplant-list, check-up. This appointment was scheduled the day we found out Derek was officially on the transplant list back in November and it was meant to be a check-in as well as a meeting about live donor options. The live donor option, as …
The Derek Janiak Hepatobiliary Forum 