Good news, spring has sprung and so will she be, tomorrow! Yippee! Actually spring is anything but sprung here, it snowed all day, but at least it was a wet snow (sarcasm intended). To my kids let me just say this about the weather, 'Sven...', they know what that means, inside joke. We are not sure when tomorrow she will be sprung but as of now they are still going with that. From here we move to the transplant house, more to follow on that.
She walked a total of 5 times today, a record for her, and they were walks of a decent length. SO much so that the nurse came in and told her to get some rest because she was over doing it. The final walk was to a map of the US where we got to put a pin showing where we live. Apparently that is one of the perks of getting a heart transplant, you get to put a pin in their map. Another perk that I found out about today was you get free messages so she got one today and is scheduled for one tomorrow if we are still around when they come by. Margaret said it felt real good.
Last night I officially moved to the transplant house, I unpacked our 'stuff' and then made a list of other stuff we needed so after lunch involved a trip to the Wallmart. Amazing how you can spend so much in one trip but I did have to buy a bunch of stuff. Food was a little issue because I will be doing the cooking and it all has to be low salt and fresh fruit and vegetables are mostly a no-no.
When I got back from the fun and exciting trip to Wallmart there was someone at the desk, it was Greta and her husband (Greta attends the Chicago Amyloidosis Support group meetings). It was great to see friendly faces that I knew. They were on their way out of town from a checkup and stopped to say a quick 'Hi' to Margaret at St. Marys. Margaret also liked seeing them and it was a nice surprise for her.
Tomorrow is planned to be mostly doing what we need to so she can be discharged, should be a full morning and then moved into the transplant house. I think she will like it there even though at the moment I am a little lost but people are very friendly and helpful which makes it a lot easier.
Well that is all I can think of for today, there was probably some other things but I can't remember them, I think I hit the high points. I would like to thank you for following along with us in the little adventure! And thank you for not sending these posts back with spelling and grammar corrections. Stay tuned for more to come.
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