Sunny Sunday

I have to say that this has been one of the best Sundays Lee and I can remember for quite a while.  There are so many good things about today. 

1.  We both had a good night's sleep
2.  We are becoming familiar and comfortable with our new routines
3.  We do not have to be concerned about checking gauges on the oxygen tanks and making sure enough is available for any activity.
4.  We had whole wheat pancakes with fruit for breakfast!  Lee's favorite.
5.  Lee is walking faster and with less difficulty.  For a while there he had sea legs.  Now they are getting stronger.

It was so good to have a leisurely breakfast and read the Sunday paper.  So much of our routines are beginning to feel more normal.  After breakfast and the mountainous volume of medications that Lee must take, we were able to enjoy the CD from First Baptist Church .  It felt good to be able to see all of our friends there......not as good as being there but as close as we can get right now.

We had some good tomatoe sandwiches made from Lennie and Tom's garden, followed by her pound cake.  They came for a visit yesteday and we are still reaping the rewards.  Later, we decided to go for a drive, just to get out of the apartment for a while.  It was so good to just pick up and go.................no oxygen to load into the car and no worry about how long we could be away.  We just toured the area and finally went by the Walgreens to pick up some things.  How glorius to have Lee in the car breathing normally again!

We are eternally grateful to the donor of his lung and to the medical commumity here that gives so much to make sure people like Lee can return to a good quality of life.  We ask that you remember our new friends from Wilmington, Jerrry and Gloria Woodell.  He is on the list and last night had a "dry run".  They were very disappointed but know that their time will arrive.  He, like Lee, must have a double heart by-pass and lung transplant.  Please pray for them as well as another friend here named Nancy.  She is a retired anthropologist, professor from Alabama. 

It is storming now so will go before I lose my signal..............................more later.....................Brenda