Doreen from RIBC called me today with news on my recipient, the blood center finally got the update we'd been waiting on...
My recipient is alive and doing well! Doreen said that they receive very coded responses when they get updates from other donor centers but what she could tell me is that his recovery is going well and that it is unlikely he is completely back to pre-transplant activities. She said that it is often a long recovery period and that it isn't uncommon for recipients to need plenty of time to resume normal activity levels.
I want to write him a letter, but it is so hard to begin. What do you say to someone when you can't reveal too much personal information? Doreen suggested I use lots of open-ended questions but even trying that makes it hard to write a cohesive letter. I guess I just need to sit down and concentrate solely on the letter (no distractions).
