Freak Out

Well, we had our first official freak out tonight when the phone rang....

I was officially put on the list on Monday July 27th at 12:17pm. It was a special day because it was Simon and Matias' birthday. The official notification on that day just seemed appropriate. The week went by with not quite as much anxiety as I had thought knowing they could call me anytime...Anyway back to the phone call...

Tonight at 9pm, our home phone rang. If you know Rebecca and I, you know we do not use our home phone and you probably don't even know our number. Our phone never rings...I jumped off the couch and of course could not find the phone. I don't know where we keep the closest one. That is the truth. Rebec yelled directions to me.. I answered.. 'hello' soft tenor voice:'Mr. Greenberg'...'yes' (myheart dropped)..'This is Francis, Simon and Matias' camp bus driver, I will be picking them up on Monday...'

Back to the waiting. Becky (my lung transplant coordinator), is optimistic that my wait should be approx. 6 weeks. That is relatively short. It seems I have alot in my favor. I have a slightly higher than average lung allocation score. This is how they allocate lungs now. Imagine that. I also have the most rare blood type. AB-. I can accept A blood type or B blood type as the universal receiver, but those would most likely go to an exact match, but could be passed to me. However, there are no people my size on the list right now with AB blood. So, if an AB donor tragically becomes available, it would go to me. Finally, my size (height) is perfect. Most donors are men 18-34 with an average height of 5'7" to 6'2".

We are still debating whether to move down to Chapel Hill at the end of August. We will have a place on the 15th. We can stay up here though until they call. A great organization called Angel Flight will be ready to fly me down should the call come...