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Out of ICU!

Another busy 24 hours! Jack exceeded all his PT goals yesterday. We had a low key evening but the night was rough. Jack had a few hours of...

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Progress is Minecraft

it’s been a solid 24 hours of healing over here! Jack is now getting out of bed 3-4 times a day. He hates every second of it and...

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Walking and drinking!

Jack has been walking and sitting up more and more. He’s not happy about it, but he’s pushing through. New today: he gets to drink water! He’s loving...

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Less Tubes and bags

We had a rather uneventful afternoon/evening/night. Jack rarely sleeps while in hospital, which isn’t ideal but also I don’t blame him. It’s hard to sleep when someone is...

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24 hours pancreas free

We had a mostly uneventful night last night. Jack has had to go onto a tiny bit of oxygen here and there but overall he’s crushing the pancreas-free...

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TPIAT Surgery Complete

The day has finally arrived. Jack took a very antibacterial shower this morning at 5:30. We headed down to surgery prep at 6:30 and talked to many many...

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Cincinnati Bound

We left this afternoon for our trip to Cincinnati! Thanks to all the support we have received over the past few months but especially the past week. It's...

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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