UCLA transplant center sent me a FedEx envelope today. I knew it was coming; the coordinator assistant told me over the phone she would send it out Monday. In it are instructions for this Friday’s video call, and another consent form. There is also other lists I need to fill out for medication and current physicians. The new item seems to be a consent for blood type B patients to receive kidney from blood type A2/A2B donors. The documentation said the risk of rejection is similar to a regular type B kidney. Of course I’ll take it. There is also consent forms to receive Hepatitis C or HIV infected kidneys but I was told to ignore those for now.
I believe these are standard forms for a new kidney patient. It’s kind of weird that I’ve filled these out three or four times already. Each time my donor is being reevaluated, they send out the forms. However, the main reason that this call is set up was them to explain the situation with my sister as donor. I guess I’m cautiously optimistic that they’re moving forward with the process again but not looking forward to retesting again at UCLA. At least the traffic is better now with COVID-19.
Actually, I have no idea what to do with the documents after I fill them out. Send back via FedEx? Scan to PDF and email? Is that allowed under HIPAA? I guess I’d better call the coordinator assistant tomorrow.
Life with chronic diseases 