Strike Three

It's a no go! Strike three on the liver today!!! We're hoping to score with #4!!!! Thank you all for your prayers & support - it really helps!!! Joe's mom & sister drove up from Tampa this morning so we're enjoying spending time with them. Love to you all.:)

Third time's a charm????

Well, here we go again. Got a call at 5:30 am eastern to come in for transplant. Arrived at check-in at 7 am and began surgery prep. It is now 9:20 am and we are waiting to here if the surgery is a go or not. Keep your fingers crossed. Julie will update this blog post in a couple of hours. Thanks for the prayers, Joe.

Strike Two

Surgery cancelled. The liver was no good and never even made it on to the helicopter. This process is sometimes frustrating and yet we feel we are so close. Thank you for your continued prayers and support - we really appreciate you all so much. We know when our time comes it will be that much sweeter.


Love,
Joe, Julie, Jimmy & Janelle

Here we go - again!

We are at the hospital and Joe is going through pre-op now. We are waiting for the liver to arrive by helicopter and go through further testing. The surgery is tentatively set to start at 12:30 eastern time. We are praying that this one is it!! We request prayers for the donor family for it is their generosity in their time of grief that gives the gift of life to others. We are forever thankful to them.

We love and thank you all for your continued support of our entire family!

Love,
Joe, Julie, Jimmy & Janelle