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Today was endoscopy day, or EDG day. With PSC (primary sclerosing cholangitis) comes progressive inflammation and scarring of the bile ducts, yielding cirrhosis, or low liver function. The...
View Article3 Month Update & A Prayer Request
Hi everyone, Just a little update and a prayer request below. I’m doing so great. It’s been 3 months since my surgery, and I can’t help but reflect on where I’ve been. Thinking back on my life with...
View ArticleGood News
In preparing for my 3-month-scan and labs to make sure the tumor that triggered my transplant hadn’t returned, I found two journal articles. (Yes, I’m a nursing student who has a penchant for...
View ArticleLife, Interrupted: Medical Bills, Insurance and Uncertainty
I like to write my own pieces on this site, but sometimes I read things that resonate much too deeply to ignore. Things that I want to shout from the rooftops and say, This is real life. This is my...
View ArticleSecond wind
Go download Eve Ensler’s new book, In the Body of the World: A Memoir. Like right now. Profound. I recommend this work of art to anyone who cares about or is involved in suffering, the human race, or...
View ArticleThis journey…
As some of you know, I (finally) graduated in August after 9 years in college. And as some of you also know, for all of those years, I fought and fought to get ahead despite my many health challenges....
View Article5 Years.
5 years seems so short sometimes. Tiny babies grow to age 5 right before your eyes. My dog is 11, and that happened out of no where! Has it really been 2 years since I’ve been out of the country? My...
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