Tishia Lee

My cousin has been diabetic since she was about 6 years old. She’s had so many complications from it and in her early 30’s she had a heart attack. She’s now in her 40’s and a miracle she’s even here. She’s had a kidney transplant several years ago and then a couple years ago she was put on the donor list for a pancreas (sp?).

My dad just called a bit ago to let me know that she got the call a couple hours ago that they had a pancreas for her! Once this transplant is completed she should no longer need to have the insulin pump attached to her stomach. She should no longer need insulin period.

I am so excited for her! I can’t wait to hear that they started the surgery and even more exciting will be getting the call that the surgery was a success….I don’t know if they’ll start the surgery tonight or if it will happen in the morning. I’m pretty sure they will do the surgery tonight. So now it’s just a waiting game…I hate waiting for news! Patience is definitely not one of my strong points

UPDATE 7/3/08

I just got off the phone with my Aunt and my cousin came out of surgery ok. They were taking her to her recovery room. There were no complications or anything so that was great to hear.

(Mary if you are reading this - yes this is my cousin that her and her husband adopted the little boy from Guatemala).

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