Meeting the surgeon

Israel is over at the UW waiting to meet the surgeon that will work with Dr. Reyes when they do his operation (I'm in the icu with Eva and Mario, they are watching Elmo together). Strange coincidence, we were sharing a room in the ICU with a little boy whose dad had living donor surgery this morning. His mom was getting the call that they were finishing up with her husband and the liver graft was on the way to her son in the OR while Israel was on the way to his appt. UW and Children's don't do very many of these procedures (they said that usually people get an offer from a deceased donor before they have had to do the living related) so it is a very unlikely coincidence.

update: Israel liked the surgeon, turns out he actually came in and assisted a bit the night Mario got his transplant so he "knew" us. He suggested that Israel could be called in Saturday night to prep for a Sunday morning surgery. They need to coordinate procuring some cadaver "vessels" (probably from a thigh) so that they can reconstruct Mario's hepatic artery. Dr. Reyes said that takes coordination but isn't difficult. Assuming that all plays out as he plans, Israel could be in surgery Sunday morning and Mario shortly thereafter. Unless of course, we get an offer tonight or tomorrow. Going to spend some mommy time with Eva, hope you all enjoy the weekend (supposed to be sunny in Seattle!). Our love, Phoebe