I promise this is the last play-by-play post of my transplant. I wanted to get the experience written down so that I’ll have it. That also means this post is a long one. Thanks for reading along. Our first week at home after being discharged from the hospital was relatively,…
Life is the hospital is all about routine – one that starts at 5:00AM. Each morning the nurse would wake me to get my vital signs, weight and draw blood. The next activity was a visit by the transplant residents. They would ask how I was doing, check my incision,…
I stood up for the first time at 4:15AM the morning after the transplant. It look a lot of heavy lifting on the part of my nurse, but he got me upright and on the scale to weight myself. This was followed by promptly easing back into bed and shutting…