Here are the promised pictures.  I, officially, have no photo editing/publishing skills!  Use the back button to get back to the blog so that you can see the next picture.  If you close the window, you will lose the blog.

This is Andrew at his dialysis, the day before the surgery.  Andrew at Dialysys

Here we are making our way to surgical admitting at 5am on Wednesday. We all wore our Andrew’s angels shirt’s. On our way

Why on earth would Chris take a picture of a banner at Lehigh? Well, clearly he wanted us all to see the faces of the men who cut his brothers open.  Duh.  The Doctor second from the left is Dr. Moritz.  He worked on Matt.  The Doctor third from the right is Dr. Chakarbarti.  He is the surgeon who worked on Andrew and is continuing his follow-up care.  Banner of Transplant Excellence at Lehigh Valley Hospital

This is a picture of Andrew’s left arm, the one with the fistula.  Becuase of the fistula, this arm can’t be cut into or ever used to draw blood.  The red bracelet was to remind everyone in the room not to mess with it.  Andrew will have to wear a bracelet that indicates that he is a transplant patient and that he has this fistula.  Andrew’s DO NOT USE arm

Here is Matt’s stomach right after the surgery.  Pretty huh? Matt’s Belly

Here is the 7 1/2 inch, stapled incision on Andrew’s stomach.  Just as pretty!  Andrew’s half smile

This one is only for those with a stomach of steel.  This is a picture of the neck IV’s that Andrew received during surgery.  These tubes were administering the anti rejection meds for the first few days.  Everytime I see this, I shudder.  Andrew’s neck

And last but not least.  Pee.  The money shot

Thanks to Chris, our amazing photographer, for finding this process worthy of photo documentation.  The rest of us completely forgot our cameras!  You saved the day.