I slept until ten o’clock this morning. It was a sound sleep, relatively uninterrupted, amounting in all to about ten hours worth. I’m sure the Ambien had a hand in that, but I’ve had insomniac nights even with the Ambien, so I suspect a good part of it was sheer exhaustion. I’d been sleeping like…
If it’s Monday, then it must be time for the MELD update. Looks like I’m not the only one who’s moved up in the past few weeks. I’m hanging onto my 19 by mere fingernails, and will probably drop back into the next group with the next set of blood work submitted. Liver: 424 Liver…
The five year reunion of my class from veterinary school was a bit of a bust. The way the reunions work for my school is that they hold an “Alumni Day” once a year on campus when any graduate can attend. During that alumni day, graduates celebrating their -5th or -10th anniversary a specially noted….
About a week ago I lost quite a few people from my notify list. I shrugged it off at the time, figuring I’d gotten a little repetitive and was becoming boring. To be honest, I never even checked to see if I could identify who I lost. I have now discovered that at least one…
Regarding a comment to yesterday’s entry … does one offer cookies to a surly fifteen year old boy who desperately needs an attitude adjustment? Putting a makeshift butt can outside is tempting – I’ll have to see how cheaply I can do it without creating a flammable hazard. I set my alarm clock for 4:45…
Got a call from my liver transplant coordinator this morning. She’s hyperventilating far more over the MRI results than Dr. Liver was, and wants the bone scan and Chest CT done ASAP. I called the hospital and they could scedule a bone scan as early as tomorrow morning, so I made the appointment. I won’t…
I’m exhausted. It seems I’m always exhausted anymore. I’m frankly bored of reading how exhausted I am. I need to get a life, but I’m too tired to go out and look for one. In spite of my whining, I did have a wonderful weekend. After a lovely sleep-in Saturday, The Socialist and I ran…
Looks like I’m going back for more tests – a bone scan and a chest scan. They found an “irregularity” on the MRI and can’t rule out a carcinoma. It isn’t likely, but it isn’t impossible either. The area is probably just a nodule of hepatic regeneration; when a liver gets as bad as mine…
The new waiting lists have been updated on the UNOS site today. Here’s the current liver standings: Liver 425 Liver Status 7 (Inactive): 47 Liver MELD / PELD<10: 228 Liver MELD / PELD 11-18: 133 Liver MELD / PELD 19-24: 16 Liver MELD / PELD 25+: 1 I should be in the 19-24 figures this…
May fifth came and went, and I neglected to mention it was my second anniversary on Dear Diary. It seems so strange now to go back and read some of those earliest entries on the Salamander diary. I was absolutely clueless where I’d be two years hence, when the pressures on my life would take…