As I mentioned before Dave had an MRI Monday, this showed that the main big tumor on his kidney is a angiolipoma which is fine, but there are other tumors that they can not make out. Because of this they are not sure if they will be able to take out and put in a kidney at the same time (the are definitely taking them out because they are big and such). This would mean he has surgery sometime soon to remove the kidneys, then he heals up a bit for 3 months and we proceed with the transplant at this time. We are waiting to hear back from the surgeon who is going to remove the kidneys to see if it can all still happen on the 7th. I believe we all hope it can happen at the same time so Dave does not have to go through 2 separate surgeries and so he can be off of dialysis ASAP! But I also don't want any increased risk of rejection, and I don't know if removing the kidneys at the same time would increase that risk or not? Something to think about... But what this means is I still don't know whats going on and we are still playing the waiting game with only 10 days left till possible surgery. Blah!
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