It will be seven weeks this Thursday since the lung transplant patient's surgery. While Alison continues to heal, she achieved another milestone this last weekend when she drove her car for the first time since last September!!
Driving is something most of us would have to admit we take for granted. We just hop in the seat, turn the keys and go when and where we want to go. The reason Alison had a restriction was mainly because her sternum needed time to heal. To put her new lungs in place, the bone had to be broken, and unlike skin, takes quite a bit longer to heal.
For Alison, being able to drive her own car again brought huge smiles to her face. Mama Garvin teased that she might need lessons to reacquaint herself, but no worries there.
Because she still needs to have someone with her all hours of the day, Alison enjoyed spending a night out of town, with friends, but returned to her parents' home in West Union before the weekend ice storm.
Now she wonders if that was the best decision considering she has a lovely two-car garage at her home in Cedar Falls.
West Union caught the brunt of freezing rain that resulted in broken branches and trees all across town Sunday into Monday. That included quite a large tree branch that fell on Alison's silver two-door parked in her parents' driveway.
UGHHHHH! From outward appearances it doesn't seem there is much damage. What a relief! But later that day, the patient stepped outside the front door to retrieve her dog, and her feet went out from under her and she fell on the ice. Although worried she might have injured her healing incisions and sternum, A. says she is just stiff and sore, from the fall.
It goes without saying that everyone in this family eagerly awaits the arrival of spring!
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