Friends of Kaley Conway: Donuts and French fries and milkshakes, OH MY!!!

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Donuts and French fries and milkshakes, OH MY!!!

Food Diary Day 1: 11:00 am - Surgeon gives strict orders to take in as many calories as possible 11:10 am - half dozen donut holes Rest of day: Wendy's frosty, half cinnamon roll, M&M's, Campisi's fettuccine Alfredo with chicken, Ensure (yes, I know the last one's pretty boring but you get a lot of "bang for your buck"!) What goodies shall tomorrow bring?!?!

2 comments:

Erin Cohn FlowersDecember 28, 2011 at 10:29 PM
So glad to hear you're doing better Kaley! Keep on eating!!!!!!!
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pigpen1052January 5, 2012 at 11:45 AM
What a diet. A eaters dream. Thank goodness you are able to enjoy this wonderful diet and have the health to enjoy it honey. Sure miss you! Come back to us soon.
Nita
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*Calls, texts and emails are all welcome. People may visit for short periods of time in very small numbers. Since Kaley's immune system is so weak and will continue to be, please do not visit if you have been, feel, think you might be or have ANY symptoms of being sick.

A very condensed version of Kaley's story:

On Monday, November 21st, Kaley was rushed to the emergency room at Dallas Presbyterian Hospital where her medical team found her to be in acute liver and kidney failure with her right lung partially deflated. Arrangements were quickly made to transport her by ambulance to St. Paul’s/UT Southwestern ICU. Upon admission to the ICU, a team of specialists determined that she would need a liver transplant in order to survive and that the liver would have to become available on an emergent basis. They began the task of getting her body healthy enough to be placed on the national liver transplant list. During this time, the medical team confirmed her diagnosis to be medication-induced liver failure, caused by Augmentin, a common antibiotic prescribed for strep throat. The next couple of days included a multitude of critical procedures, including continuous kidney dialysis, pulmonary treatments for her lungs, and stabilizing an acute infection in the kidneys and lungs. Kaley was placed on the national liver transplant recipient list on Thanksgiving day. She entered the list at the top, meaning most critical. In less than 24 hours after being listed, they received a telephone call from the UTSW Transplant Coordinator that they had located a liver, which was a perfect match and in great condition. On Saturday, November 26th, at 8:17 a.m., Kaley was taken to the operating room to receive her new liver. The surgery took 11 hours, and the medical team determined that they would preform a 2nd look-see procedure 2 days later. At the completion of the first surgery, they loosely closed her and took her to the ICU. On Tuesday, November 29th, Kaley had her 2nd and final surgery which took about 3 hours.