Day 10 - April 20th

Ok, this has been a long but good day. She has been sprung! We are currently staying at the transplant house, officially The Gift of Life Transplant House. You basically have an apartment with a common kitchen(s) and dinning area. No TVs are allowed in the rooms so I am going through a little bit of withdrawal, how will I be able to keep track of The Deadliest Catch or Supernatural? There are a few TVs but we just have to have the energy to go and watch not to mention remember to watch since there aren't any DVRs here.
That is all superseded by the very nice people we have met who are all going through a transplant or have gone through one.

Margaret is doing good but tires pretty easily. It was all she could do this evening to figure out all her meds, they tell us that they will change so it isn't one pill per medicine since there is more flexibility if they are of a smaller milligram.

Just a rhetorical question, why does it take all day to be discharged from a hospital? They started with last minute education and all of that was done by lunch. Right after lunch they started to discharge her and we finally walked out at about 4:00. Talk about a process that can be improved!

After we got moved in I had to make a quick trip to Walmart then I had to hurry and get dinner ready because most of her meds need to be taken on a full stomach. The plan for dinner was going to be veggies and hamburgers. Best laid plans of mice and men.... The hamburger wasn't defrosted yet so it was either cereal or eggs, scrambled eggs it was. She said it was really good but then again her taste buds have been burned off from the hospital food so I am not sure she is a current authority of cuisine. After I did the dishes from dinner it was back to the hospital for me since they didn't get three of the meds done for our 4:00 checkout.... hmmmm, I guess it was a surprise for them, ok rant over.

The address here is:
Margaret McMullen Room 34
Gift of Life Transplant House
705 Second Street SW
Rochester, MN 55902

They are very picky about what comes into the house, nothing that is alive except the patients. Cards are just fine but that is about it. So far she has been a real trooper, putting up with a lot of crap, it is amazing to me. That and what medicine is able to do, just amazing.

Thanks for checking in!