My visit with Shands today

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone,

Kathy had her appointment today. We were there from 8am until after

2pm.It appears that all testing has now been completed and that Kathy

has passed all of it, and should be listed shortly. The process to be

listed on UNOS......(United Network for Organ Sharing ) The process

involves the Transplant Team to formally approve it and our insurance

company has to give their approval. We were told by our doctor that

the meeting of the Clinical Transplant Team will occur within the

next two weeks. He assured us that both he and Dr. Baz (head of the

Transplant Team) support the transplant and expect Kathy to be

formally approved at this meeting.It will then take another short

time for the insurance approval and then Kathy will be on the list

waiting for the appropriate set of lungs.

It feels like we have reached a new phase in this journey. Up until

today, the goal has been to pass all of the tests in ordered to be

listed. Now that this seems to have been accomplished, the promises

and dangers of an actual transplant have become even more real to us.

Kathy..Fl

PF.4/07