Friends of Kaley Conway: To be continued....

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

To be continued....

I have a lovely blog with pictures, etc that I wanted to share from the breakfast with updates and all. But it's not quite ready but I promise I am very close and can't wait to share what an incredible and exciting birthday/pancake breakfast I had thanks to so many friends and family!!!!

Until then, time is running out for this opportunity and I wanted to share if anyone is interested!

Dear Friends of Kaley,
As we continually look for ways to help support Kaley’s mounting financial expenses, “Team Kaley” shirts have been designed with a dual purpose; keeping organ donor awareness current and also remembering her 2nd chance at life with the number 11 on the back; which represents the month and year of her transplant (Nov 2011). Proceeds from each shirt will be donated to her financial fund.

Front of Shirt reads:
REACH out
Give Life…Get Life
Be a Donor

Orders can be sent through school mail (if you work in RISD) to Nita Roomiani @Bowie Elem or you can email her at lanita.roomiani@risd.org. Please encourage any of your staff/friends to order a shirt as soon as possible for this wonderful woman who needs our support; $12.00 per shirt (Adult S-2XL; color-kelly green). Please share this with others!

Thanks from the Department of Advanced Academic Studies

1 comment:

KacyMarch 18, 2012 at 7:59 AM
We ordered our shirts! And Kathy said she'd pick them up when she goes to get y'all's!
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Contribution Information and Background

If you wish to make a financial contribution towards Kaley's recovery online, please utilize the PayPal DONATE button below. If you prefer to send a check, please make it payable to Kaley Conway and email friendsofkaleyconway@gmail.com for the mailing address.

*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.