Tooth Pulled = New Lungs...Weird!

Finally....another real update. Sorry to have kept you waiting. Well...after weeks of x-rays, blood work, vaccines, tests and exams...I'm ready to be placed on the transplant list. Before I could be cleared for the transplant and placed on the list...the transplant team needed to be assured that there were no hidden health concerns that may pop up and compromise things in the near future. Also...they wanted to make sure that my body was free of infection.

Well...the last thing on my "List of things to do before being listed" was a dental exam. I thought I was just going to go in, get x-rayed, hear a lecture on my not flossing enough and then get the all-clear for the transplant. Things didn't quite turn out like that. They found infection. About 3 years ago I had a root canal and was given a temporary cap that I was to come back and exchange for a permanent one. I never did. Not even after the temporary cap fell out. I know...my bad :o)

Anyway...This past Thursday (Sept. 10) they pulled the tooth and placed me on antibiotics to clear the infection. The transplant team will meet on Tuesdays and goes over my case...so I hope to hear something back from them on when I can be listed. It very well could be this week! After that happens...We wait for the phone call and my life changes forever!

Awesome Night of Worship

To all of you who attended the Night of Worship at the Landing Saturday, Sept. 12th, and gave to Lungs4joseph....THANK YOU!!

Total Raised: $3,400!!!