It was 8:30 a.m. and I was still asleep when the hospital at UC Davis called. They had a liver for me and I needed to be in Sacramento by 4 p.m. We just grabbed stuff and ran — I don't even remember much of the trip, except that my phone was ringing off the hook.

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I go back for a checkup on Monday and to get the last of the staples out. I'm so ready for them to be gone.

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