Listed

Quick update: Pittsburgh Children's called Monday afternoon to let us know that Thatcher is now listed on the national waiting list for a cadaver liver. There are obviously more sick people in need of organs than there are organs for transplant, which is why there is a transplant waiting list. We are listed at the Pittsburgh facility. You are considered for available organs based on a combination of medical facts entered into a computerized matching program. These factors include blood and tissue type, medical urgency, body size, distace between teh donor and transplant hospital and time spent waiting for transplant.

It is much more complicated than this, with logarithms and written exceptions, that I don't completely understand. I just feel like the waiting list option just means Thatcher would get very sick before (and if) he got better. I guess we don't really feel that this is where Thather will get his liver since we've been told it is unlikely to get a B+ baby cadaver liver like he needs. However, technically we could get a call any minute and have to get to Pittsburgh in a matter of hours. We assume Thatcher will be a living donor candidate, and hopefully that will be me!! We hope to find out tomorrow if I'm eligible to donate.

So worth it!