New liver....

My dad received his short awaited liver on Monday the 10th. He was called on Saturday to be the back up to someone ahead of him. The first guy's transplant went very well so my dad had to wait for another call which came Sunday morning. The regional transplant team called to say he was first to be on the list and that the liver was a match for him. They had to test the tissue of the liver to see if it was a match for my dad. He was told to wait around SLC and they would call him within the next 10-15 hours. My mom and dad had just went to bed when they received THE CALL saying everything was a match and to get to the hospital. What a wave of emotion sent across the whole family. We got ready to go and called my bishop to give my dad a blessing. The bishop with his counselor came right away and gave my dad a very touching blessing then we were on our way to the hospital. He got all checked in at the U of U then was sent to a room on the SICU floor to await the next instructions. The nurses took a bunch of blood and did other tests to prepare for the surgery. He wasn't scheduled for surgery until 8am the next morning so my mom and I headed back to my house for a few hours of rest.
We got back up at 5am and headed back to the hospital to wish him luck for the surgery. It ended up being about a 10 hour surgery then a 2 hour wait before he went back to his room. We finally got to see him again around 8:30pm. It wasn't fun to see him sedated with tubes coming out from everywhere. But everything turned out very well and he's recovering better than expected. He set the new record of getting out of ICU within the next 24, 48 and 72 hours. Which is wonderful, he's doing exceptionally well and has a positive recovery ahead.
He will be released maybe within the next week to stay in SLC for the next month or two.
We will post new updates as they come. Thanks for all your support and love.