This morning I had a call from my specialist nurse - the recipient's hospital had requested some of my blood as they wanted to test for Hepatitis E. I was thrown into a spin - I was mega-busy today and getting to the hospital and back would take the best part of 4 hours! In the end, the other transplant centre agreed they could send a blood sample with the kidney and they would test for it retrospectively. This is unlikely to be an issue as my risk of having Hep E is astronomically low. It seems that the closer you are to transplant, the more unexpected appointments there are. Living near the centre would definitely be an advantage!
I have been busy organising people to look after me post-op, buying the latest fashions in pyjama-wear for my hospital stay and trying to get everything done and organised in readiness for six weeks of doing nothing. This weekend I went on a trail running weekend and ran up and down 28 kilometres of hills. Today we had a new carpet and I hulked furniture around. Tomorrow I'm taking Iz to Thorpe Park. All these things would be out of the question, for a while at least.
Busy busy busy. The next update will likely be post-op - EXCITING!
