Out with the old

Hey Internet, I have nothing shocking or sexy to report, just some little tid bits to pass along. My doctors visit last week went well. My mom came with me to ask a few question and get some clarification on what exactly 'the list' means. Saying that I am on a list for a transplant is rather misleading. Because the transplant coven looks at not only the people as a whole (how sick they are, what anti-bodies they have, their blood type, etc) but the organ and the person who is donating it, it is better to look at it more a being on chart with many other people. Ever time an organ comes up, the whole list is put on the chart. Quickly people are removed from the chart via automatic dis-qualifiers like blood type. Those those who remain rise higher on the chart as they match capability markers with the transplant organ. Eventually you get a couple of people whom have risen the highest on the chart. Then a few X factors come into play (I'm not positive on what these can be or how they are decided) and they choose who gets the goods. It all comes down to the best match. Which candidate is mostly likely to be a successful transplant. The chart concept isn't exactly how it works, but it is one of the best ways I can explain it. And knowing that when my time comes I will get the best match is reassuring.

The doctor also let me push back my next appointment to Edmonton till the end of April. So my sister might be the one coming up with me rather than my mom. This is not fully out of the goodness of her heart but rather a flimsy pretext to visit friends, which strongly support because they are awesome people. While there I am going to ask them about setting up some kind of photography or video recording of the surgery. Yes I want photographic proof of this happening. A massive scar isn't enough for Peter, I want something to hang on my wall.

And even if you don't like the man, I think it is a good thing that Dick Chainy got a heart transplant. He is going to bring the topic of organ donation and transplant science back into the news and peoples minds, cause ya know lets face it Beiber can only do so much.