Game On!

Transplant Day: Thursday November 19, 2009

We are officially fully scheduled for our Living Related Donor Liver Transplant between Nahum and Shayna. We will go to Pittsburg on Tuesday the 17th to meet with my dad Michael and Nahum’s good friend Hillary. (Michael will be taking care of me so I can take care of Shayna and Hillary will take care of Nahum for the first 3 weeks we’re in Pittsburg.) We’ll meet with both Shayna and Nahum’s doctors & surgeons on Wednesday. We’ll say “see you later” to each other. Nahum will check into Montefiore and Shayna will check into Childrens for Wednesday night. Nahum will be opened around 6am Thursday for the beginning of his 6-8hr surgery. If all goes well, Shayna will be opened around 7am for the beginning her 8-12hr surgery.

Nahum is relieved and excited and I’m my usual nervous and anxious. It’s nice to finally have a date for our new beginning, but not knowing what we’ll get on the other side is nerve racking.

I’ll post more this weekend when my brain isn’t so tired and we’ve got more loose ends tied up.

First Halloween

We had a wonderful time on the town last night.  First downtown at a local church and the downtown merchants collecting some candy then to the BCC and the preschool room festivities.  Shayna absolutely loved watching all the kids and parents in costumes.  (Much better than just plain old people.)  She got into a shouting match with her friend Avi about candy and showed off her new muscles to friends by doing some moves I hadn't seen her do.  And she fellover face first from sitting and for the first time didn't cry about it.  Enjoy the pictures.