6 pm Update

Still in surgery. They are meticulously sewing the new liver. The nurse says Kaelyn is very stable and doing well. Hopefully she will be in recovery in a couple of hours.

4 pm update

Kaelyn is still in surgery. She is stable. At 3:30 pm the surgeons started connecting the new liver. It will probably be a few more hours to go.

10 am and 12 pm update

As of 10 am this morning Kaelyn was finished with all of the prep work and they were beginning to open her up. As of noon today, all was well and they were removing the old liver. Dr. Healey is performing the resection while Dr. Reyes will be transplanting the new liver.

So far, so good...

She is in, finally...

Okay, hospital time is fairly obnoxious! We arrived yesterday afternoon about 4 pm. They first told us that surgery would start at midnight, then 4 am, they 6:30am and finally they took her in at 8 am. But I guess that is just how it goes. I am just happy that she is finally getting her new liver. When we asked Kaelyn what she was doing today she said, "Getting my new liver!". It was very cute.

Okay will try to update this site every two hours or so. That is when the nurse in the OR will be giving us the newest updates.

Love you all,

Angie

TRANSPLANT DAY!!!!

Today at 2:00 pm we got the call we have been waiting 5 months to get. We have a suitable donor, come into the hospital it's transplant time! So, we have been in here at Children's for quite a few hours just waiting. We were just told that the surgery time is 4:00 am tomorrow morning. I will keep this site updated as soon as I can.

Love to all,

Angie