Happy re-birthday!

[Guest guest]

To Jon!

From the archives of 2008:

Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 8:57 AM

To:

Subject: Good News/Bad News

Hello PSC Family,

I'm thrilled to report that on December 21st, I received the

gift of

life through a liver transplant at Baptist Integris Hospital

here in

Oklahoma City. My surgeon was Dr. Sabastian and

everything

associated with the transplant went perfectly.

Unfortunately, however,

three days after surgery I began to have extreme difficulty

breathing

and was put back in ICU for nearly fifty days with a

diagnosis of

ARDS. I don't remember much of what happened due to the

drugs but was

on a respirator and came very close to passing away. For a

while I

required 15 to 21 liters of oxygen and now my requirement is

as low as

1 to zero while sitting still but with the slightest

exertion my O2

requirement bounces up to 7 or so.

I'm happy to report that after eighty-two days in the

hospital, I was

released with home health care and now I am finishing my

second week

in the office working a limited schedule.

The good news was the liver transplant and all the benefits

resulting

from it; the bad news is the ARDS which has really curtailed

my

recovery.