Blew the doctor away

Before the transplant, in the beginning of January we had a frustrating run in with Marty's primary care doctor. We needed a referral and his staff kept putting us on hold for 15 mins to a half hour before we could even ask. Then when we did ask, they wanted him to come in even though he needed a Ophthalmology referral.

Then the call came before we could change doctors and he has been under Stanford's care. In the meantime I found a great new primary doctor. So today Marty went to establish.

The doctor is reading over his medical history and sees he is a diabetic. He says, " What do you take to control your diabetes?" and Marty says, "Nothing." 

Silence...........................

The doctor gets this look like " Oh this is going to be a mess!"

Marty says, " I got a new pancreas!"

It was a priceless moment. Nothing can describe the joy that comes from those words. The sacrifice another family made to give us that moment wasn't priceless, it came at a heavy cost. I hope someday they know the joy their loved one brings to us daily.