More Tests

Bob met today with the Transplant Team of doctors who will be doing the actual transplant. He spent 3.5 hours with them. When I asked him what questions they asked he said..."The same questions I've already answered 10 times." Yeah, that's my guy - patience is not his long suit! He also met with the Social Worker, the Transplant Coordinator and the Dialysis Coordinator. He had 6 more viles of blood drawn today, but these are the "big" ones. I thought when they drew the 14 viles last week one of those would be for our tissue match - but I was wrong. These 6 viles (I'll be going in this week for mine) will be used strictly to see if our tissue matches.

It really is amazing how many tests we both have to have. Already we both have had 14 viles of blood drawn to check for HIV (lovely thought), Hepititis A,B,C, etc. and the most important one to see if our blood types match, a chest x-ray and a cardiogram. Now Bob goes for a Celiac test, a dermatology skin test, a colonoscopy (scheduled for the 23rd), and a radiactive isotope stress test. We "think" that should do it for tests.

That's all the news for now. He looks better than he has in a while. His color is very good and his energy level is excellent...so excellent in fact that he played golf Friday, went to a golf show on Saturday and played golf again on Sunday! He was thrilled! He's very fortunate in that his golfing buddies are awesome - very supportive and they keep a watchful eye out on him for me.

Thanks for the support, emails, calls and especially prayers. Please keep Bob in your thoughts.