Rounds Inspirational Journeys

I have not had a chance to write since we surprised Hannah with a Halloween party for her Birthday.  The poor kid was as sick as sick could be, but still enjoyed every minute of it. The original plan was to have the party on a Saturday afternoon, when Hannah returned from dance in Buffalo. It was going to be perfect.  Hannah would arrive home, totally unsuspecting, I would have had the whole day to prepare, her friends would all be there, and her shock and joy upon hearing "SURPRISE" would fill my heart. It figures that something would interfere with my fabulous plan, yes, Hannah got sick.  Not just cold sick, high fever, feeling miserable sick. Hoping it would only be a 48 hour bug, I moved the party to Sunday.  Now, what to do with Hannah?  Scott and I had spent the whole week putting together an AWESOME Haunted House in the basement and had to creep around the last two  days making the final preparations.  Hannah believed we were having a fami...

Do you ever feel like you lose time?  I just can't seem to keep track of time any more.  Before my transplant, every day  dragged on into the next and time crept by.  With new health, comes speeding time, time that literally whizzes by, even when I want it to just slow down.  At times it is hard to appreciate the moments when they are gone in a blink of an eye. I woke up this morning and, with horror, realized that tomorrow starts November.  Didn't October just begin?  That is how it feels, until I start to recount every event that has occurred since October 1st.  The trip to Pittsburgh, my Birthday, my parents' visit, Hannah's play, a surprise party for Hannah, Hannah getting very sick, etc. There are days I wish time would slow back to that pace of before.  It doesn't seem fair that when I wanted time to fly by, it crept along, and now that I have so much to appreciate, time won't let me.  I have this growing to do list, and yet I ...

Dear friends, Hello!  I am sorry I have been gone so long.  One of the wonderful things about post-transplant life is that the computer takes a much lower priority than life.  It is funny how, before transplant, the computer was my way to connect with the world; but now I am out living in the world, and the computer, at times, gets totally forgotten. Wow, it seems I have a lot to update you on.  First, I have finally kicked the Pseudomonas infection, at least for now.  We spent my Birthday in Pittsburgh, and the best gift I received was not needing the bronchoscopy that was scheduled for 5:00 a.m. on my Birthday morning.  The day before at my appointment with Dr. Pilewski, my pulmonary functions were back up where they needed to be and my chest sounded clear, so he opted for a CT instead of a bronchoscopy, hooray!!!  Now let's just hope I can maintain healthy lungs for a while.  Dr. P. wondered if I might be overly susceptible to Pseud. infectio...