Day 2
An echocardiogram, a CT with both the drinking and the IV contrast, 30 vials of blood, a "bubble test" on my heart, and a 2.5 hour nap later, I'm doin' pretty good.
More tomorrow.
More tomorrow.
Guest Blog by CysticLady: CF and Relationships Part II
Let me thank you for the nice comments on my first guest blog on Cystic Gal. I am also grateful to be able to have a forum to share these experiences. As such, I thought I'd write a follow-up. There is another side to this story. I will attempt to tell my version of it without using too many cliche's, but it may be hard because love is the most written and talked about topic in the history of the world. Love is a wonderful part of life. I think I can go so far as to say, it is the reason for life. It is indeed a real shame to go through such lengths as a lung transplant to continue living, to then deny yourself the chance for love. The same way that I weighed the risks vs. rewards of a lung transplant, is the way that I have to weigh the risks vs. rewards of love. I have said before that I'd do everything again, the whole year of dying, the surgery, the recovery, for just one of those days after transplant that I didn't have to think about breathing. Not
Keep it coming! I need to know what I am in for! And I hope you dont get too tired!
ReplyDeleteThanks for keeping us posted, so to speak! xxxooo
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