Scott’s Story

Site created on December 9, 2018

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After a few weeks of pain, y’all know I’m hardheaded, some really dark pee and a few pounds lost ( which I thought was fabulous) a trip to a Christmas market proved too much for me and my body just gave up.  I obviously went to work the next day which we would later find out was the worst thing to do and took myself to St. Joseph’s Borrows institute in Phoenix for a little more insight.  Liver enzymes are a funny thing, normal individuals are happy at 6-50 I obviously believe 1400 is sufficient.  Off I go into an actual room to be pumped full of fluids, drugs and wait for further testing.  Ultrasounds and MRI’s would later reveal that the sludge in the gall bladder had pushed out a gall stone that had wedged itself into my hepatic portal vein. For the next few weeks this clogged vein which should allow nutrition to pass into the liver didn’t do it’s job and my liver fell into shut down mode. While livers are known to be the only organ that can be regenerated entirely on their own, the damage to mine might be too severe. The option put in front of me was a liver transplant. After a few hours of ugly crying in the hospital room, alone,  I asked the doctors at St. Joes to release me and hightailed myself back to Albuquerque where I’ve had the same primary for 20 years. I was advised to drive straight to UNM Health Science Center immediately but again its me, I’ll be checking in later today.  For how long who knows, Will I get the transplant? Stay tuned, Can you see if your a match? That will come,... I know most of you are just waking up on this beautiful Sunday morning and are probably in a little shock at all I just posted, me too. I am grateful first for my family and their support, my co workers and their willingness to jump in and get this worked out (we all know this is not the best time of the year in my career world for this to happen) and lastly those special friends like yourself who are reading this in kind of utter shock wondering what’s next.  Well folks trust me I’ll be letting you know!  Love to you all!

Newest Update

And we turned the corner!

Journal entry by Scott Ferris —

My oh my...  the power of your thoughts and prayers!  There was a reason When I was sitting alone in that hospital bed in Phoenix after hearing I’d need a liver transplant that I made the decision to go back to Albuquerque to be under the care of my doctor of 20+ years. It’s because he was always straight up and to the point with me. Needless to say after a few appts and lots of finger shaking and WTH stares he called me personally today to give me some of the best news to date. The liver enzymes have dropped under 600 (and while not anywhere close to what they should be, still a substantial drop) and the bilirubin has dropped as well, this one was being watched closely as it still was climbing even after the enzymes were dropping. I no longer am in the red zone, I’m just a yellow this being said he made the decision to pull me OFF the transplant list.  His calculations showed I no longer have a qualified MELD score to receive a liver.  I just have to deal with the damaged one I have. I CAN DEAL! I’m certain this is still a long road. There is still an internal infection and the spleen is completely wacked out from all the drugs they’ve pumped into me but all in all we have turned a huge corner! THANK YOU! ❤️ To you all! 
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