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1 Year Anniversary on the Waiting List!


Today marks 1 year that I've been listed on the official UNOS* waiting list for donor lungs! One emotion is being thankful I'm alive and less urgent than those in the hospital deteriorating quickly. The flip side is frustration trying to stay patient as my COPD slowly progresses. Each exacerbation leaves me weaker with the potential for a quick change to hospital care.

UNOS is the United Network For Organ Sharing. UNOS manages the national transplant waiting list, matching donors to recipients 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. When a patient is "added to the list," a transplant hospital adds a patient's medical information into UNOS' computer system. When a deceased organ donor is identified, UNOS' computer system generates a ranked list of transplant candidates, or "matches", based on blood type, tissue type, medical urgency, waiting time, expected benefit, geography and other medical criteria. The Lung Allocation Score (LAS) is a numerical calculation used for allocating lungs to candidates age 12 and above.

When a match is found meeting my requirements I'll get "The Call".

*Reference the UNOS website at UNOS.org. Check it out!


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