[JLO]

Hey MistyCA, let me know privately by freepmail if I can help, ok? My partner was diagnosed 100% P&T and we have dealt with it for mant years. A good place to start is to check out www.hadit.com - but it's complicated to navigate - but most all info is there.

Best to you, and talk private, if you want. JLO

[MistyCA]

Thank you. The bad news is that they are already going to release my brother from the VA. He has only been there for less than a week, which is unheard of for him!! He is still functioning at 10% and the VA is going to put him in out-patient status so he will have to travel the 90 miles to appointments. They are writing him off. They do not intend to do a transplant. I am numb. I am feeling very defeated right now. :(

[MistyCA]

BTW, they are not re-evaluating him for the transplant. They are accepting what the dr said two years ago about it when they denied him. They did it because he had an active infection at that time. The dr in Santa Barbara who said he is a good candidate said there was no active infection. I just don't know what to think anymore. Santa Barbara is not equipped, imo, for that type of surgery. Even if they support it, I don't know who would actually do it. So much to find out and so little time to do it. I wish I had known all of this much sooner, but my brother was trying to deal with it himself all this time.