Turn of Events

Here is a break down of Tracy's turn of events taken from various emails and texts that documented her journey.


Jan.14, 2009
I just had to let you know as soon as I found out. Tracy is being admitted to Baylor Hospital in Dallas tonight to see if she is a good recipient of a donor that is available. Keep her in your prayers. I can’t believe it is all happening so fast already. I will keep you updated on her situation. Thanks for your prayers!

Jan. 15, 2009
God is amazing! I’m always amazed to see how he works in our lives and through the lives of others. Tracy spent the night at Baylor Hospital last night going through many test to see if she would be a good match for a donor that was available. I don’t know much about the donor, but I do know he was male and only 21 years old and was pronounced brain dead. (Please pray for him and his family as I can’t even image the pain they must all be feeling over their precious loss.)

God matched Tracy up with it appears to be some very young and healthy organs. She is currently in surgery now receiving them. The surgery is expected to be 6 hours long. She will probably be out around 3:00 if everything goes well. Tracy is expected to be in the hospital for about another 6-10 days afterwards. Thank you so much for all of your faith and prayers and thank you for listening to the Holy Sprit through all of this. God’s timing has been absolutely perfect through all of this. I love what T-- said, “The Lord is awesome! Praise Him! Remember that Paul tells us to "pray without ceasing"! (1 Thessalonians 5:17)”
Great News!! Tracy received a dual kidney/pancreas transplant Thursday evening, January 15th 2009 at Baylor Hospital in Dallas, Texas.

I’m not surprised that most of Tracy’s coworkers had no idea how sick she really was. She has such an amazing work ethic, faith in God, and peaceful heart. She is the kind of person that doesn’t ask for help as she has had to help herself all through life. She has had diabetes I believe since she was a child. Tracy has been working with, I believe, less than 20% of her kidneys working for the last couple of months now. She has had multiple eye surgeries to help prevent blindness from her diabetes.

Jan. 17, 2009
Tracy is able to have visitors, but is still too week to make phone calls at this time. She continues to need more and more blood and may require a transfusion as the doctors are not sure if her pancreas is bleeding internally so your prayers are still very much appreciated.

Jan. 21, 2009
I just got off the phone with Christie, Tracy's bff who has been by Tracy’s side for the last 48 hours. Tracy is not doing well at this point. She has been continually throwing up for the last 36 hours and has been bleeding a lot, and her blood pressure has been out of control. She is expected to go back into surgery this afternoon to fix a bleeding area of her pancreas. Tracy is unaware of what is going on as she is pretty much out of it at this point—probably more grace from God then anything.

Jan. 22, 2009
We were told Tracy went into sepsis on Wed. Tracy ended up rejecting both organs. They were surgically removed Wed. and she was told about it yesterday. She has been under a lot of medication as expected, and I will find out more today on what other options are out there for her at this point. My friend, Christie, said the doctors were still hopeful. Christie's text said,"I'm at hospital it looks so good. Her breathing tube is out! She has to whisper but is very alert. Her outlook is very good. She's glad the organs are out;)