Category Archives: Kidney

Happy 1 Yr Kidney Birthday, Heather!

Check Out the 1 Year Kidney Congrats Card for Heather!

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Heather’s Surgery

I mentioned in a previous post that Heather had some problems with the hospital. I neglected to mention them before so I figured I would summarize the most grievous one’s below. 22 hours spent in post op as no room … Continue reading

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Setting the Record Straight

If you were at the beach and saw someone drowning, would you swim out to save him/her? Or perhaps you would assist by calling 911, flagging down a lifeguard, or doctor or someone trained in CPR to be on hand … Continue reading

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Pictures

This is the beautiful bouquet of flowers my cousin’s family sent me. I don’t have any favorite kind of flowers, just like colorful and wow, this is gorgeous. I thought it was really cool that the card included “and inspirit, … Continue reading

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Trouble Sleeping

It’s 2:50 am Wednesday and I’m still having trouble sleeping at night. My days and nights are mixed up, just like before California. Actually, Llana, my 20 lb Bichon, has a habit of walking on me and laying across me … Continue reading

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Home Sweet Home

Mom and I got home Saturday and boy was I POOPED! I didn’t sleep well the night before and I had a knot in my shoulder blade that just killed me on the first flight. A lot of shoulder stretching … Continue reading

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Coming Home Tomorrow!

I just saw the doctor this morning and yes, I can come home tomorrow! Whoo Hooo! Hubby and kids, here I come – Your vacation (and silence) is O – V – E – R !!! The doctor’s office will … Continue reading

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6 Days Post Op

Mom and I got up around 8 today. Neither of us slept good last night. But we were motivated this morning! Yep, had to have our morning Krispy Kremes! The tall building in the background is our hotel. It was … Continue reading

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NEW PHOTOS

Heather was discharged yesteday around 11 am. This photo was taken last night after we had dinner their house – Heather, Jim and Glorius. Glorius is coming home with me….. Heather and I after dinner. I actually had to find … Continue reading

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5 Days Post Op – POOPED!

Sorry I’m a little behind in my posts. I woke up today a little low on energy as you can see by the photos below. Today, I slept til 11:30. Then got up, took a shower, got dressed, at a … Continue reading

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Got Poop?

I’m back and with a stellar looking rack! HAHA And I’m pleased to announced that yep, I got poop! What happened to the days when hospitals wouldn’t discharge you before you could keep solid food down and before you had … Continue reading

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UPDATE

Connie called today & sounded great! I thought she would have been more groggy sounding but she was her normal self. They took her left kidney lyproscopicly, which was nice of them to not cut over her “Annie” tattoo. She … Continue reading

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