Re: athan 's transplant

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Tina,

This the standard practice at IU Medical Center in Indianapolis.

They have found that this practice really helps recovery because the

body swells a lot after the tx. Leaving the muscle facia open allows

for the body to adjust better and also allows for easier opening up

if there are any complications. My tx was hopelessly boring. Two

days after TX, my wife and I walked about a mile outside the

hospital. I left the wheelchair behind and picked it on my way

back. Needless to say, this was not for complication purposes. Last

I heard, IU was 3rd or 4th in the nation. They are very progressive.

Dan

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> Dan,

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> Did they give you a reason why they did your operation that way.

Did you have complications of some sort that caused them to do this

type of operation where they go back in to close up the muscles. My

husband had his transplant at UC and they never

> did this to him. I do know that they did this to another patient

where they didn't close him up for a week or so because of

complications. I can't remember exactly what the complications were

but, just curious why they would do that? Thanks Tina

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> athan,

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> Such great news. It's an unbelievable feeling getting a new liver

> and a new life. If you're anything like me, you will be very

> emotional for the next few weeks / months. I'm sure the procedure

> has a lot to do with it, but also the hope of great things to come.

> Waking up to the new liver, also means the fear of

colangiocarcinoma

> is gone. Recover well.

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> I don't know what other centers do, but the IU Med. Center in

> Indianapolis keeps the facia open but just closes up the skin.

After

> a few days, they go in for a return visit to close up the muscles.

> If they do that, try to get the muscles closed up sooner rather

than

> later. I was open for 4-5 days. That meant a lot of time for the

> muscles to retract. It sure hurt after the second procedure.

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> Indy also administered Thymoglobulin in 3 regiments after a day of

> letting the body attack the liver. This let the immune system think

> it did it's job before the " Thymo " kills off all the T-Cells.

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> I had a sever case of the chills, shaking pretty hard, but meds

> calmed me down right away.

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> Blessings!!!

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> Dan

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