Well, where should I start? Rory and I went to UCSF to see the urologist and also the transplant folk. The transplant appointment went better than we thought, although they still want an aortogram done (an angiogram of the aorta, iliac, and femoral arteries and veins). OK... makes sense to know that there are no major blockages. The transplant surgeon who saw Rory got pulses on his right groin and foot, so chances are... it will show ok on the aortogram. The urology appointment was another matter. I get the distinct feeling that they don't want to do any surgery on Rory to create a urinary opening, thus making a transplant impossible. We were told that another urologist office would call us on 4/19, but we are still waiting (yes, that's on today's agenda to call them!).

We also talked to his Kaiser nephrologist, who is seeing if plastics at Kaiser can do this procedure on Rory, thus removing the roadblock seemingly put in our path by UCSF. We will see...

My trip to Dallas went well... learned a lot! And it was a nice micro-vacation.