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Originally Posted by Dennis
I'm having my transplant at City of Hope Samaritan. It's a "branch office" of the California City of Hope located in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Then you are in good hands. The care my wife got at the City of Hope in Duarte, California was top notch. Not only did the doctors consult each other to make sure each patient got the best care, but the whole staff there seemed to work as one team on our behalf, everyone from receptionists to pharmacists to lab techs to nurses and doctors.
Will you be able to have a family member or other caregiver with you at the hospital? If it can be arranged, I think it is very helpful to have somebody there who can keep an eye on your progress, talk to the doctors if they stop by while you are asleep, ask the nurse for favors (like getting you a popsicle), be your link to the outside world, and just talk/listen to you.