Great news... still need prayers!!!

Friday night, Brandon got back home from having the surgery to remove the nodules on his lungs. About two hours after he was home, St. Barnes Hospital called with the best news we have heard since this whole thing started. They had a liver. He needed to get back to the hospital ASAP. Back to St. Louis they went. We knew that the liver may not be a 100% match so we were asked to keep the news within the family. We waited and waited and waited. I thought for sure I would hear something last night or in the wee hours of this morning. No word. Finally around 9:30, my Mom called me. She had talked to my Uncle Phil (Brandon's Dad). The liver was a 100% match. This was great news for us but it came at the cost of someone else's life. The donor's family is going through a very rough time. I ask that you please keep this anonymous family in your thoughts and prayers as well. Since this donor was a "full donor" other recipients in need of a kidney, lung, heart, etc. were called in to the hospital. In the mean time, the donor body was kept on a ventilator. All recipients, including Brandon, were prepped for surgery. This would allow them to take the necessities from the body all at one time. They took Brandon back around 6:15 p.m. tonight. His surgery started at 7:30. We were told that the doctors were optimistic, BUT it was possible that they could find cancer in his liver. If that happened, they would not be able to follow through with the transplant. Mallory called at 9:00 tonight... NO CANCER! Brandon is officially getting the transplant. God has really answered our prayers. We are still praying that the surgery goes well and that his body does not reject the liver. Mallory is going to call me after the transplant is complete (another 5 to 8 hours) and she has seen Brandon in ICU. I will post tomorrow night when I know more. Thank you all for your prayers... they are being answered.