Yesterday's appointment

So now that we are caught up...
Matt has lost 17 pounds since his last appointment with the nephrologist. We just went to the doctor yesterday and had a pretty decent visit! She's kind of a tough doctor. She scared the crap out of us at Matt's first visit. She just walked in and laid down the law, "you lose 25-50 pounds or you dont have the surgery" and that was that. We left there and all I could think was, "holy shit. Matt and I have been on diets since we met! How are we going to do this?"
So, now that I think about it...Maybe tough doctors are a good thing, because they set you straight...

So she was PSYCHED that Matt had already lost that much weight. She was like "you reeeally want this kidney, don't you?"
They actually lowered one of his blood pressure medications a little because of the weight loss...another plus!

We also found out Matt's blood type. He is type O. Not exactly the best type to have in his situation. O is the universal donor. You can donate to anyone, but you can only recieve from another O.

We are still one step away from Matt getting onto the donor list. He has to go see and get clearance from a cardiologist. We dont have that appointment yet.

Once that appt. is done, we find out if Matt has been accepted into the kidney transplant program at Mass General. He's healthy other than the PKD, so I'm sure he'll be accepted. Once he is accepted, he will be put on the list. I'll talk more about that, when I know more about it!