John and Christine: Monday Mornings

Monday, October 6, 2008

Monday Mornings

5 comments:

Jim N. said...: absolutely relieved to hear chris is doing better.

on a more serious note. is christine illiterate? is that why you need to read to her?

can you read to me? i'm at a 1st grade reading level.. i'm workin to get to 2nd soon...; October 6, 2008 at 3:19 PM
Unknown said...: Jim

Good for you that I hear you doing better these days. Is more excited then hearing Christine is doing better. Anyway, Chris I am looking forward to play the wii at your home again. By the way how come there is a comments deleted? ???; October 6, 2008 at 9:00 PM
Rebekah W said...: Hi John! Hi Christine! I'm happy to hear that you're sleeping in your own bed these days. My thoughts are always with you (and my love). Enjoy House (that man drives me crazy). And thanks for the blog. Love, Becky; October 6, 2008 at 9:37 PM
J Dubs said...: Ooooo, staycation shows. I have a show each day to record/watch.; October 6, 2008 at 9:44 PM
V James said...: Hi, Christine! Veronica from the panels here. After I wrote in, David informed me about your transplant and sent me your blog. I read thru it, and am amazed at all you have been thru! I miss you and send prayers.
My event mgt job ended, and am back to auditioning etc. Also taking care of a lot of things at home too.
I wish you all the Best, and you are very lucky to have John in your life.

Hope to see you again soon.

Love,
Veronica James; October 7, 2008 at 2:20 PM

About Us

John and Christine's Story

Christine was born with Biliary Atresia as a baby on December 25, 1980 and she had a Kasai Procedure performed which allowed her liver to function normally until she turned 27 years old. In early 2008, She was diagnosed that her liver was failing and that she would need a new liver.

As luck goes, her husband, John was found to be a perfect match and the living Donor Operation was performed on August 14th, 2008. After the surgery, the doctor found out that Christine's old liver had Carcinoma (Cancer) and she would have eventually gotten liver cancer so she was medically cured of the "C" word.

Unfortunately, there has been some setbacks. Christine has had constant bile duct leaks that needed numerous procedures and metal stents to stop the bile leaks.

She recently felt some discomfort 6 months ago and it was discovered that the metal stents had mysteriously migrated from the bile ducts to her stomach. She was scheduled for surgery but was medically evacuated from NYU to Mount Sinai on Oct 29th, 2012 because of Hurricane Sandy.

After careful review, Mount Sinai informed us that her bile ducts are not currently flowing and connected correctly and that she will need a new liver transplant soon. Because of the high risk surgery, Mount Sinai feels that the safest way forward is to replace the faulty bile ducts with a new liver and remove the metal stents in one operation.

Christine was put on the Liver Donor List in November 2012 and she received a new liver on 27 December 2012. She has been recovering at Mount Sinai but she had a few complications that delayed her recovery.

She has just been released from the hospital on 18 January 2013 and is currently recuperating at home.

Thank you so much for checking up on us and we thank you all for your support throughout this delicate time.

John and Christine