It’s been just over 9 months since Jack’s life saving surgery. It’s also been just over 8 months since Jack left the hospital and he hasn’t been admitted...
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6 Months Post-Op
I can't believe it's already been six months since Jack's TPIAT surgery! The months have somehow simultaneously flown by and lasted forever. Jack is doing awesome and continuing...
Continue Reading »4 Months and Thriving
Jack is 4 months post surgery. A few updates: he’s started middle school!! He’s managing his diabetes and medication solely and I haven’t had to stop by the...
Continue Reading »3 Months Post-TPIAT
So much healing going on at the Wilkinson household! Since Jack’s tube removal in June, we have gone on a family roadtrip (turns out it’s easier to manage...
Continue Reading »Tube Free is the Way to Be!
After 10 days of immense pain, granulated tissue growth, bleeding and frustration, Jack got his feeding tube out yesterday! Jack has kept all food down since being home....
Continue Reading »Home Sweet Home
it’s been a very exciting past few days. On Wednesday we met with endocrinology and tweaked Jack’s insulin levels to try to avoid the frequent crashes he was...
Continue Reading »Long weekend and 4 weeks post surgery
We made the best of the warm weather this long weekend. Three pool trips including the local outdoor pool. It has a diving board and a rock wall...
Continue Reading »Friends and Family Visits Make Everything Better
Goodness it’s nice to see people we love. Family friends are visiting this weekend and brought down the siblings! Most exciting, Nate is done with school so he...
Continue Reading »Fish, Appointments, Schoolwork and Reduced Feeds
We had a busy day today! Jack has been spending most the day doing schoolwork the past week while we try to get him caught up . Today,...
Continue Reading »Settling into the RMH
Two more nights of feeds and we seem to be finding our stride. Tube clogs are still an issue but we successfully went the entire night last night...
Continue Reading »John (Jack) Wilkinson
Ann Arbor, MI
Transplant Type: Islet Cell
Transplant Status: Transplanted
Goal: $65,000.00
Raised: $21,435 of $65,000 goal
Raised by 129 contributors