Transplant Update

I just got a text from my sister saying that UCLA transplant center has received all the files and the image CD, and the donor committee will meet on Monday, August 3rd. It’s strange that the quality of the next 10-15 years of my life will depend on a few people meeting in a conference room in Westwood.

Life was already pretty depressing before but now it’s even worse with COVID-19. Not just because everything is shut down, but the uncertainty of symptoms if infected is actually pretty scary. Most people are asymptomatic or show mild symptoms, but you see news stories of normally healthy people die just days after being infected. If you can’t assess risk, then the smart thing to do is to be more cautious. I actually think there will be more of an infection risk post-transplant surgery due to all the drugs but I got to do it… these dialysis sessions is killing me slowly.