Day 8

This is Day 8 since the Big Lung Transplant. The patient is feeling quite a lot more pain today, which she attributes to those pesky chest tubes. She's got her fingers and toes crossed that the chest Xray reveals she can have the tubes from her left lung removed yet today. She gets to remove herself from the monitor, so it's a small victory to lose the 5 patches and every wire that attaches to them which provided a read out of her respirations, pulse, etc.

She's getting education about identifying her various meds and has begun a diary regarding the meds she takes as part of her regimen. Those who know Alison well, know she's quite accustomed to taking pills and inhaled medications for her cystic fibrosis. But now she'll have to keep track of them in a journal that will go to the hospital with her for her check-ups to help her physicians know how to best make modifications when necessary.

Mom & Dad Garvin are preparing for a change of the guard later this afternoon. Poor Bella (the dog with whom Alison is pictured on an earlier post.) She misses Alison – primarily because she's among the short list of people who allow Bella to give kisses right on the face.