My Team

As if that second day wasn't busy enough, I also had to meet with the entire Hershey transplant team...one at a time.

Sandra, Transplant Coordinator: It turns out that she is only the coordinator before you are listed. I will try not to get too attached.

Colleen, Transplant Coordinator: She is who I will get passed on to if/when I get back on the transplant list. She would then be with me until I receive the transplant.

Indian Doctor, Transplant Nephrologist: Funny kidney doc of biopsy fame.

Mimi: Super sweet medical student who clearly has not been there long enough to become jaded by our health care system.

Indian Doctor #2, yet another Transplant Nephrologist: Why I had to meet two of them, I'll never know. They both told me the exact same things.

Social Worker Cindy: She seemed more interested in talking about her daughter, who happens to be Jen's neighbor, than anything else.

Surgeon Scruff, Transplant Surgeon: He may be the surgical director of the kidney and pancreas transplant program, but he was seriously the scruffiest doctor I have ever met. I am guessing, too, he had just come from surgery as there were questionable spots on his scrubs and he looked as though he hadn't slept in a good three days or so. BUT, he is the only surgeon at Hershey that Dr. Bates knows and trusts, so I feel like I am in good hands...scruff and all!

http://www.pennstatehershey.org/web/transplants/patientcare/services/kidney#fragment-providers