Donation Time

Janel’s liver donation is being prepared now and will be walked over to the recipient as soon as it’s ready. Expect another update in a few hours.

In the ICU

Our girl has been in the ICU for a while now, and Marie reports that, “She’s lucid- Although she’s in and out Suuuuuper nauseated .” Unfortunately, that seems to be her usual reaction to anesthesia, since the same thing happened after the biopsy. Poor...

Everything is looking good.

They just did the cholangiogram (a special kind of X-ray that allows the surgeons to see the bile ducts) and everything looks great. They are about to remove the portion of Janel’s liver for her recipient – who will be going into the OR very soon.

Janel has officially begun this journey.

Good morning! Janel and Marie (she’s allowed to have one person with her) got to the hospital waaay before the crack of dawn today. Because Janel knows her recipient, they got placed in pre-surgical cubicles next to each other. Janel’s surgery begins...

Welcome

Hello my dear friends. This page has been created to share updates and status of my surgery. My dear friend, Kristy, will be posting my progress through admission, surgery and once I am settled into the ICU. I hope that on Friday I will be able to update myself and...