The "needs list" allocates livers that are less than prime to people on the transplant waiting list. It's a bit of a "special needs" situation, that will get a liver to someone faster than if the just waited on the regular list.
I told the coordinator I was less than happy with being put on the needs list. I told her I was not comfortable with getting a not-quite-optimal liver if I wasn't in imminent danger. She hastened to assure me that they didn't give out any "bad" livers, which makes me wonder what these special needs livers are, if they don't qualify for the prime list.
I go down for reevaluation next Friday at 9:30 a.m. With luck, The Professor can go with me, since it is his spring break. I'd like him to at least meet some of the people who have been working with me downtown, and to get a feel for what to expect. I have a strong suspicion he isn't going to want to go, though.
I'll have to call Dr. Liver too. I don't want to get myself railroaded into anything here.
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Anyway, now that you've started getting nervous, the sooner the better. Tell your doctor I said the transplant people need to hustle. {{you}}
:-)
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Someday I would like to go back and take a class on the proper use of :, ;, , and (). (See, no extra comma, I feel stingy today). When I went back to college I tested into the level of English I needed...but I seriously need some help. I do have some cheat sheets I bought in the student bookstore, but yours sounds like a good book.
: D
Here, Pali, have a whack at this.
Sorry to hear about your MELD.
Alli
I'm glad the Socialist will be there with you.