Dan's liver transplant

Well it’s been a few weeks since my last update – mainly cos not much has happened. they took me off of the list at the start of December to give the tinzaparin a chance to work and it meant a relatively stress free month as there was no chance of that manic phone call!

The clot is still in here and I don’t know yet if the tinzaparin is working to clear it. There are a few signs that it might be though. I get a drain every two weeks and it’s usually around 12 litres, which is the hospital max, with a bit left in me. Well on Christmas Eve we had a drain and there was only 8 litres in there so we hats positive.

I have clinic on Thursday as well as a ct scan and an cardio ultrasound scan. Hopefully these will show that the portal vein is clearing. If not I go back in the list for another transplant.

I really hope the drugs are working as the list is really stressful and the transplant itself is much bigger than I thought and is taking a long time to get over. Even though people point out it’s only been two months! Guess I’m just impatient. Plus hospital food sucks!