As many of you already know, for the past few years, our father, John, has been courageously and positively battling end-stage renal disease. Since April of 2011, he has been on dialysis three days per week, five hours a day. Dialysis is the one thing that keeps him alive; even though at times it seems to make him feel worse. Though dialysis is strenuous and wearing on Dad’s body, he never ceases to get up and go into the business he continues to run every day.

January 21, 2014

Come visit John on Facebook!

https://www.facebook.com/john.rosebeary?fref=ts

January 20, 2014

New update...Dad is on his way to a fantastic recovery. He was discharged from the hospital Saturday afternoon. He will be staying in a hotel in Seattle for about the next month. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, Dad will have doctor appointments to check up on how he is doing. Yesterday he was feeling good walked up and down the hall. Jonathan is doing great as well. He was discharged from the hospital on Friday afternoon and is now staying at the Rosebeary residence for the remainder of his recovery. Dad's sister, Sharon, is there to helping with his recovery.

We want to genuinely thank you for all of your thoughts, prayers, and support. This experience is definitely humbling our family and making us stronger.

January 15, 2014

Dad's surgery yesterday went well. His surgery started at 11:19 and we finally spoke to the surgeon about 5 pm. His new kidney is producing urine, aka liquid gold. The surgeon said that all went well and should lead to a great recovery. Jonathan's surgery went just as great. He was eating ice chips last night and resting. Dad wasn't feeling too hot last night. He said, "Feels like I've been hit by a truck." I received word this morning that Dad is feeling better than last night and is sitting up in his chair.

January 14, 2014

GOOD NEWS UPDATE:

Tomorrow Jan.14th is the big day. John and I spent all day at Virginia Mason Hospital, doing last minute tests. He received the good news, that all was good for his kidney transplant. We also were able to spend a little bit of time in between appointments to visit with Jonathan (our amazing friend, John's donor) and his wife Joni. We will be at the hospital at 6:45am, should be going into surgery around 8:00. They will take Jonathan in first, his surgery will start about a half hour before John goes in. I will keep you all updated, as things begin to progress. May God be with these two remarkable men, as well as the two teams at Virginia Mason.