Updated 1/18/99
Geno's Personal Transplant Page
Liver Transplant Recipient 4/2/97
My Doctors !
Some of the many, many people responsible for me still being alive.
That's Michelle, my Transplant Coordinator hiding in the background.
She keeps everyone organized and working together. On the right
is my regular doctor, Jonathan Riegler, MD. Next to him is my
surgeon, John "The Hands" McVicar, MD. The three others are doctors
I saw while in the hospital recovering?
A picture of me in the middle after I was allowed to get out of
bed. I went into surgery on 4/2/97 at approximately 7 a.m. and
didn't get out until around 3:30 p.m. My wife, mother and immediate
family were in the lobby waiting the entire time. My first waking
moments were shortly after the operation as they tried to bring
me out of my sleep to see if I was OK. I remember them asking
if I knew who this person was looking over me. It was my wife
trying to put on a smiling face. I nodded, YES !
Dr.and patient ! All the staff at the UC Davis Transplant Center were very professional
and very caring all the way through the process. * My Special Thanks to them all ! ! !
This is Dr. Steven Rudich, the surgeon who removed the liver from
the donor the night before my operation. He also assisted in my
transplant operation the next morning.
This is my personal Vampire Squad...... I see this lady about
once every 2 - 4 weeks to get my "Blood Sucked". This should change
soon, to about once a month. <-- Angelia
* There is so much to tell, that I wouldn't know where to start,
but in brief...
I had been living with serious Liver problems for 3 yrs before
my transplant and had a damaged liver (unknown to me) for at least
25 yrs. I have seen another Christmas and I now have 2 birthdays
because someone was generous enough to be a donor. Thanks to all
that helped me to be here -
Sincerely, Geno Bartley