Thursday, January 1, 2009

New Years Greetings from the Transplant Tribune

Dear Friends and Family-

I am sending New Years greetings from my room at UCSF Med Center. No its not because of the transplant sorry to say. I have been having chest pain of late and have been to our local emergency room twice. The first time they sent me home but the latest one (Christmas evening) resulted in a stay locally before being transferred to UCSF on NY Eve.
The plan now is to do an angiogram tomorrow to determine if there is new damage. If so it may be repairable and then I might go home. If not repairable I might be staying here a while. Either way my doc wants to apply for a two-week advancement of my status to 1B. I would then have a window to receive organs if they become available during that time. I hope I can find something out late in the afternoon on Friday.

I will keep the communication coming as matters develop. Thanks for all your support and kind wishes.

Bob Moss aka Irving
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RJ/Bob/Irv is a 61-year-old beloved husband, father, uncle, brother, motor racing fanatic, and Livermore resident who received a heart and kidney transplant in February of 2010. Bob's recent years have been defined by his health, which forced him into early retirement. Unfortunately, many of his days were spent in a dialysis center or at various medical appointments, primarily due to his living with diabetes for over 40 years. Numerous were panic visits to various Emergency Rooms all over California for treatment of chest pain. But now no more dialysis and no more late-night dashes to UCSF! The main focus of Bob's family, friends, and doctors has been a prompt transplant, so that he can get back to traveling with his Sweetie, driving fast cars, enjoying great music and laughing with his friends. This blog will function as a way to communicate with all interested parties and to keep everyone informed. And hopefully it can serve a great purpose also, in making people more aware of the importance of organ donation and how each life saved has a positive effect on dozens of related friends and relatives.