The PICU nurse just came back to tell us My is awake. They are in some pain, but doing well. Nurses are cleaning My up, changing their gown,...
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Off to the PICU. Surgery update #6
Mylin’s finishing up sometime with the anesthesia team and then will be sent over to the PICU. We just left our meeting with Dr. Nathan. He said everything...
Continue Reading »Islets Accepted! Surgery update #5
The liver accepted the islet cells amazingly!! The pressure of the artery barely changed at all! Christie also said she is pretty sure they were able to save...
Continue Reading »Islets Collected! Surgery update #4
The ideal amount of islets collected is at least 5000 per kg, My had just 1300. While this doesn’t mean they won’t work out in the liver, it’s...
Continue Reading »Surgery Update #3
Our coordinator and amazing nurse, Christie was just here giving us an update. The resection of the bowels is just finishing up. The islet harvest continues on in...
Continue Reading »Pancreas is officially out!
3:18pm and the pancreas is officially out of there! It’ll be about another 5 hours as it’s dissected and they collect the islets in the lab. The islets...
Continue Reading »Surgery day today #1
Twins and I got up early and met Daniel and My in the hospital, Starbs in hand. My was in really good spirits. The twins and I had...
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Continue Reading »Mylin Schaaff
Lemon Grove, CA
Transplant Type: Islet Cell
Transplant Status: Transplanted
Goal: $100,000.00
Raised: $47,540 of $100,000 goal
Raised by 144 contributors