I believe my daughter has found her stash of Halloween pictures and I am sure you will get a laugh at those. There is a story behind the "Pirate and the Treasure Chest". In October, 2009, I had just completed a year of several surgical procedures for reconstruction following the diagnosis of breast cancer. It just seemed appropriate to become a "treasure chest" and for Lee to be my dashing pirate!
Today was the day for Lee to have a bronchoscopy. As you have probably surmised by now, this is routine each month following lung transplants. We were at the hospital early, around 7:30 a.m. for his scheduled case @ 8:00. After explaining that I had a cold and probably needed to stay in an isolated area, I was quickly escorted to a second waiting room so I could be alone. I am wearing a mask as often as I can or staying in an other area separate from Lee. He was finished with the Bronk by 10:00 and I was able to talk to the doctor. I explained my concern about this lung infection and that Lee had to date, had four 2-week treatments with two different antibiotics. After the antibiotics are discontinued, he begins to feel tired, coughs and gets into a general malaise after about 3-5 days. The doctor, also expressed his concern with this past history and said that hopefully they would "get to the bottom of this".
Lee has spent most of the rest of this day recovering from the anesthesia, which means he has been sleeping a lot. Tomorrow he will have to resume his regular schedule at the Center for the Living and get back into his exercise program. Unfortunately, he has so many procedures on Wednesday and Thursday that this week will not be useful for rehabilitation.
Our neighbors from Wilmington are back and will probably be here for at least a couple of weeks. It is so good to have Gloria & Jerry just popping in and out again. We really missed them when they went home. Another couple from Roanoke is back for a clinic visit but my cold will prevent us from being able to spend time with them. One certainly does not want to pass this along to lung recepients! I'm just holding my breath and praying that Lee does not get it!
So, I will close with a warning to you................be prepared! I don't know what Julia will show you next!
More Later.......................................Brenda
Bring it on Julie! I Love it!!!!!
ReplyDeleteGlad you guys are doing ok. Weather changing and colds. I know how that works. They aint no fun thats for sure.. Take care of each other.. Cant wait for you guys to get home for good.
Hoping Julie adds more pictures too!!!!!