Today Dan and Lorie met with his doctors and were given the good news- Dan will be officially listed on the UNOS national transplant list within the next 24 hours! The entire family is celebrating this great news! They have a few more pre-surgical tests to run prior to the transplant, but other than those Dan will just be waiting for the first available liver. Currently Dan's MELD score is very high and this puts him at the top of the list as a liver recipient. He will continue to stay at the University of Washington Medical Center until the transplant so that he can be cared for around the clock by his amazing team of doctors and nurses.
Other positive news involves our family fundraiser for to help Dan and Lorie with some of the associated medical expenses that insurance won't cover. We are blown away by the generosity of friends, family, and complete strangers. In just over 24 hours since launching the fundraiser, we are over halfway to our goal of $5,000! Seeing the encouraging comments and kind wishes from friends, family, and strangers is so encouraging to Dan. He mentioned having to take a break from looking at them as he was tired of getting teary eyed! Please consider helping the family in this way- any amount helps us reach our goal and we're really hoping we complete the second half of our goal with small donations from close friends and family. Please visit Dan's Give Forward page here. Our sincerest and deepest thank you to those who have supported Dan in this way. It means more to him and the rest of our family than you'll ever know. Thank you.
Awesome, so glad to hear the GREAT news!
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