KID-NEY TO DAD

Sleeping in my own bed feels amazing! Mom has stayed with Ashlyn and I the entire time. Some home cooked meals, snuggles with Ash and...

Its Sunday, 4 days post surgery and I feel much better. I can do half a lap around the 16th floor, and yes I am still here on the wrong...

Day two, and I now feel like a freight train, with an abundance of extra cars filled with the heaviest shit possible, has ran me over,...

I wake up to not feeling well in recovery, I think I've been sick. The nurses are telling me they are going to administer more nausea...

As you have previously read, I had to quarantine for two weeks leading up to my surgery. This was hard, Ash was to stay at my cousins,...

Well that was just a bit too good to be true. Wednesday, September 30th. "Hello Jesslyn, its Maureen at St.Mikes, we are going to have...

As in usual Jesslyn style, as much as I try to plan ahead and my need to be organized, SURPRISE! My last blog was about some not great...

In January I promised myself I would catch up on my writing as my new years resolution. Once a week I would sit down and make it a...

Finally - after months of waiting, dad has been called down to St. Mikes for a transplant clinic information day!! Woohoo - about 5...

I decided it was probably better if I focused on getting the ball rolling on my own testing than things I could not conrol (like...

Dad was recovering well. The site looked great - no infection, very minimal swelling. In my mind this was amazing to see. After...

2 days after meeting with the dialysis nurse, dad was in surgery having the peritoneal site (catheter) put in. After they had flooded...

When I first learned I was a blood match for my dad, it was November 2018. Hmm, how long would it take for the work up and to get this...

Not a statistic

My dad - a heart of gold, tough as a rock, and the soul of a brilliant family man, adored by all. I knew this as a child, a teenager,...

Stage 4