To The Edge of the Cliff

That's where we were about 2:30am Tuesday morning when another transplant try failed. On Monday afternoon Duke called us to Durham with a very "promising" chance for transplant. We arrived about 8pm and were told the team had already flown out of state to get the organs. Aaron was tested, prodded, questioned and probed by 3 or 4 doctors. Everything seemed to be just a waiting game until the organs arrived but early Tuesday morning the coordinator called the room to tell us the kidney had failed. The pancreas has been the organ the transplant team worries the most about but both of Aaron's tries have ended with a failed donor kidney. Imagine that!!!

Once again we both had to stop and think about the family who was losing a loved one and pray for them in the midst of our excitement.

As our balloon deflated once again we returned to the hotel and tried to get some much needed sleep. There wasn't much until about 7am other than dosing due to the adrenaline high we both reached. Tuesday afternoon was dreary & cold as we returned home, then much bad weather with a tornado watch in our area much of the night. Today has been a much better day as we caught our breath for the next run. Until then.....

Barbara