Praise be to God that we are counting blessings for so many reasons this year! Obviously Reese’s diagnosis was devastating and terrifying bringing all kinds of negative emotions...
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Oh the joy of being home!
Reese is enjoying the freedom of rolling around his room, and sleeping in our own beds without interruptions for vitals!!!! We’ve taken advantage of the beautiful weather by...
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The day we've been praying for!!! 50 days after liver transplant surgery and then the agony of his body rejecting it, we're going HOME!!! Of course the thymoglobulin...
Continue Reading »9-18-24 Not the update we hoped for..
Unfortunately, Reese's lab work from today showed that this round of IV steroids have not worked. His numbers have gone up instead of down like we had hoped...
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Reese went in for his routine lab work 9/12 and the results showed a significant jump in numbers. We were admitted again that night and a biopsy was...
Continue Reading »One month post-op today!!
The steroid IV worked! His liver enzymes were trending down well enough that we were discharged from the hospital yesterday! And look... no NG tube!!! Because he is...
Continue Reading »9-5-24 8 months old came with a setback..
We're sad to report a big bump in Reese's journey this week. The blood work results on Tuesday 9/3 were pointing towards possible rejection so he was readmitted...
Continue Reading »8-27-24 Happy Day!
Reese was discharged last night 8/26 from the hospital after a remarkably quick recovery of 20 days, according to his Liver Team Doctors. They were impressed by his...
Continue Reading »8-14-24 One week post-surgery
Ron is doing extremely well. His doctors were very pleased with everything at his postoperative visit on Monday, August 12. He will have a follow up visit in...
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Day 1 post liver transplant. First & foremost, thank you all for the thoughts and prayers. Ron’s surgery lasted about 9 hours and things couldn’t have gone better....
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Lincoln, IL
Transplant Type: Liver
Transplant Status: Transplanted
Goal: $50,000.00
Raised: $33,119 of $50,000 goal
Raised by 130 contributors