ONE HOT TOPIC!

We left @ 7:30 this morning for Lee's appointment @ the lung transplant clinic.  We had been advised by the rehab person to walk in...........good that we did not know how FAR Lee would have to walk.....after a loooooooong walk from the lobby to the elevator and a looooooooogeeeeer walk to the clinic Lee definitely made the 1000 foot walk!  He did have to stop and rest because his O2 dropped into the low 80 Anyway, the important thing is he made it!  He never ceases to amaze me @ his physical endurance.  After the preliminaries, we were visited by one of the lung transplant nurse coordinators who promptly told Lee that he was the "hot" topic @ the lung transplant meeting on Tuesday!  It seems that as they compared him to the condition he was in when he was discharged from Duke to what he has been able to do now, everyone is in awe!
So......After meeting with the lung doctor who is also the medical director of the clinic Lee was told that there were a few more things to check before putting him on the LIST.  Some of these were done this a.m.  Blooc work, Chest x-ray.  Tomorrow @ 1:00 pm he will have an MRI and he may have a repeat Cardiac Cath later this week. The doctor wants all the tests completed by the end of this week.  At that point it will be determined whether to put his name on the list or if more work needs to be done. 
We were also told that he would be a candidate for one lung, not two.  This is based on his age and his preexisting condition of pulmonary fibrosis.
Things seem to be moving very fast and we are excited and encouraged.  More Later....Brenda