Update on Daddy 2:50AM

He's out of surgery. The kidney is working great already. He should be waking up in about 15 minutes. Jim and I are about to head home for the night. We will come back tomorrow and visit. I will come up as soon as I get Ryan from school.

Good night
Kristina

Update on Daddy 1:12 AM

He's been in surgery since 10:30 PM. Jim and I are waiting with Daddy's friend Kevin and his wife. We should maybe hear something within the next hour or so. We got to meet the other kidney recipient and her family. Dad should recover quickly. He will need continued prayer during recovery. He will have to take medication to suppress his immune system to prevent his body from rejecting the kidney.

I'll update when he gets out of surgery.

Kristina

IT'S A GO!!!!!!!!

Dad should be in the OR in about an hour!!!! Please pray over the doctors over the next several hours.

Praise God!!!!!

Christmas came early for our family this year.

Kristina

Update On Daddy 7:39 PM

The final countdown. We are waiting for them to finish the crossmatch. We should know within the hour. From there things should go rather quickly. The just inserted the IV line in his hand a few moments ago. He is now nervous.

We would like to thank all of you for your continued prayers.

I'll update again as soon as we find out.

Kristina

Update on Dad 11:05 AM

As of now, it's scheduled for 6:00 PM.  That's all we know for now.

Kristina

Daddy Update 9:37 PM

No sooner did I finish that last entry, Dad called.  The pilot can't leave due to the fog.  As soon as he can take off we will know when Dad's surgery will happen.  So once again we are headed for bed.  I'll update again in the morning.

Kristina

Update on Daddy 9:23 PM

Dad is still at the hospital.  They were harvesting the kidneys between 6 and 8 PM.  They should arrive at the hospital around 2 AM.  If all goes well then he will probably go into surgery between 6 and 7 AM.  Mom, Jim, Ryan and I will leave for the hospital at 5 AM.  There isn't an internet connection there that we detected, but I will work on that as the day goes.  I can always update by phone if necessary.  We are off to bed now.  The 4 AM alarm will come quickly.  Dad did say that he's a little nervous.  Please pray for his nerves.  Pray that he gets plenty of rest.  Pray that the pilot that is flying the kidneys in arrives safely through the fog tonight.

Kristina