Curtis got a Liver!

Back row: Lindsey, Jeremiah, Ashlie, Brandon
Front row: Grandma Verna, Grandpa Chad, Me, Justin
waiting in the waiting room!


Justin and Curtis the morning after the surgery!


His color is coming back!




Hello Everyone. I have some great news! My Father-in-law got a liver transplant on Monday. We are just so thankful that this time has finely come for him. He has been sick for a long time. Me and Justin went up to Salt Lake on Sunday night because the Dr's said that they had a liver that matched Curtis's blood type and tissue. He was already up there because the day before he was a back-up patient for another liver, so it worked out great for them. We got there at about three in the morning and slept for a couple of hours at Lindsey's house and went to the hospital at seven. Curtis went into surgery right after we got there so we were able to say goodbye and wish him luck. He was in surgery all day Monday from 7:00am to around 7:30pm. So we waited in the waiting room during that time. I don't understand why they don't offer better services to make the waiting process more comfortable for the families. They didn't even have couches to stretch out on, just chairs. Everything went really well as far as the surgery. Curtis didn't wake up from the surgery until Tuesday morning. I snapped a few pictures of Curtis and Justin right after Curtis had woke up. I was also able to get a picture of all of us in the waiting room. It was amazing to see the difference in Curtis just after the surgery. Before he was just yellow and white with no color. As you can see in these pictures his cheeks were already pink and his color is coming back. We talked to Lee Ann last night and he is already out of ICU(usually it takes one to two weeks of staying in the the ICU for liver transplants). So we are very excited that he is recovering so well. As far as the liver all the Dr's would tell us is that it came from Idaho and it was a twenty year old liver. I really cannot stress enough how important it is to be an organ donor. So please look at your drivers licence and see if you are a donor and if not you might want to change that. Some wonderful person saved my father-in-law's life and I will be forever grateful to that person. I'm so thankful to my Heavenly Father for all the blessings he is showering down upon our family! Also I would like to thank all of you for all your support and prayers and for all the donations and help, thanks Mom for watching our kids during this time. We are still taking donations for Curtis, he is going to have to stay up there for a few months and of course he is not working. Thank you for all that you have done to help us, we really appreciate it. Thanks Dan and Sara for letting us stay at your house and for dinner and breakfast it was great thanks for a good night sleep! Love all of you!!!!!!