Still trying to pound down the calories. I'm eating everything I can along with nutrition drinks. You know things are strange when Ensure drinks are beginning to taste good and I can do without Cokes. It is working as I have been able to increase my weight from 117 lbs to 128 lbs. I'm going in the right direction with 140 lbs as my goal. I feel as good now as I have before the operation.
Life is tough but I'm going to be tougher! Life is also good and I appreciate everything I have.
Just a side note...The Doctors and Nurses at the Univ. Of Utah are fantastic and Dr. Barbara Cahill and staff at the Pulmonary Clinic #3 are so professional and caring. Dr. Raman, Kelly Peterson Short, Tauna Maughan; they're all exceptional people and treat you like family. I also owe so much to Dr. Beth Scholand for helping me get this transplant! I owe my life to these people.
I wrote a heartfelt letter to the donor family following the protocol the hospital requires to protect privacy. I do not know who the donor was and it is up to the donor relatives if they wish to contact me. It is such a sensitive thing given the fact that my life was extended at the cost of another life being lost. I just want them to know how much I treasure this extension of my life.
Maybe some day...
See you all soon.
