TGIF - Another Waiting for Transplant poem

[Guest guest]

I hope this can come across lightly to those who need a little humor amid the reality.

Waiting for a Transplant Poem

Office visits, blood draws, ultrasounds,

X-rays, MRIs, and gaping gowns,

Catscans, cultures, urinalysis,

Hoping to get on the transplant list,

EKGs and an Echocardiogram,

Now I need to get a dental exam!

NPO for ERCPs,

Nulytly for Colonoscopys,

Finally listed – that part's done,

But soon I find it's just begun,

Yellow eyes and itchy skin,

Bulgy tummy, arms so thin,

Blurry thinking, feeling blahs,

Sleeping late and more blood draws,

Feverish rides to emergency,

Family watching late TV,

Waiting for hours just to see,

If they decide to admit me,

Hope the IV goes in right,

Hope I get some sleep tonight,

Hope insurance pays the bills,

Hope I remember all my pills,

Work is harder – no it's me,

Better get on disability,

Up and down the transplant list,

Hope my liver will persist,

Wondering what is coming next,

All the unknowns make one vexed,

But in the end, I know we'll see,

All was to the Lord's glory.

Darryl

PSC/UC 96, Tx 02, PSC again 04