Great news!
Iowa told us there was nothing we could do before January 1st to move the transplant along because all of the blood work needed to be done there, but when I got in touch again to plan the January 9th visit they told me there were some test results they needed before then.
Great!
So I went to the Oklahoma Transplant Clinic and did some labs. My coordinator Jeremiah told me he would send my whole file when the tests came back.
Also, he told me I was a much better recipient than we suspected. My antibody percentage is only 44%. I think this is the percentage of the population's antibodies I can't have from a transplant. Every time I got a transfusion or a transplant or pheresis they were adding antibodies to my blood. It limits the donation pool for me as this percentage goes up. Since I have had upwards of 30 transfusions and plasma exchanges, we thought I was in trouble. But it turns out I am only a 44% and I am an A+ blood type which makes me the best blood type for a recipient.
Some really good news! Finally!!
Hospital Me THEN (2012)
Dance like no one is watching!
Hospital me NOW (2015)
Dance like EVERYONE'S watching
Post Transplant-1 Year (March 2014)
Mi Amor Studio
Pre Dialysis Pinup Shoot (2012)
Dynamite Dames
Mid Dialysis Boudoir (March 2013)
100 pounds, and a week from transplant, chest tube tucked into bra like a lady. ;)
Non-Pinup Me Now (2015)
This girl has four kidneys
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