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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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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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