Up

My spirometry is up to 1500!  I get stronger everyday and those numbers are getting higher.  The stairs are still hard work, but every day it is getting a little easier.  There are a few things that are giving me a little trouble, but I am working through them.  Rome wasn’t built in one day.  I look at where I was just a little over a month ago and there are no complaints here.  Those oxygen tanks are just some of the things I got to unload recently.  Having those things gone is an amazing feeling all in itself.

Home

I am home!  It feels so good to be here.  I missed my family, my friends and my kitty. Courtney came over when she was done with work.  My family was going to meet me here on Monday too, but we got home too late so they came over on Tuesday and today.  I haven’t seen most of them since right after my transplant.  Everyone is amazed at how different I look.  I look healthy!  It has been awhile since I could say that.

Clarity

Tonight will be my last night here in the hospital.  Jason is on his way here now and tomorrow he will be taking me home.  I have been here for almost a month, but it definitely does not feel like that.  This month really has gone by so fast.  Being out of it for a little over a week sure made it seem like less time, but even the time I was fully aware has really gone by fast.  I am really grateful for everything I have accomplished here at rehab, but I am so ready to go home!  The title is clarity because at PT they had a radio on and without fail this song played every day.

The Climb

Everything is going good and still on track for me to go home on Monday.  My body is healing and recovering beautifully and my breathing continues to get stronger.  I had a little scare Thursday, but it turned out to be nothing.

Radioactive

 So I finally got to see Erika again!  She hasn’t been able to visit me in about a week because she has been sick.  That and this girl is busy so I told her to take a break from visiting me and take care of herself.  The fact that she was sick shows that I wore her out.  I tend to do that to people.  LOL

Knocked Out

These last three days I have done nothing but go to PT and OT, eat and sleep.  We have found that it was probably caused by the steroids.  My doctor told me that some people get hyper on them and others get very tired.  Well it is obvious which side affect I got.  Lol  I was asleep more hours of the day than I was awake.  I would come back from PT, eat lunch and then go back to sleep until OT would wake me up.  There are some times I had a hard time staying awake in PT and OT.  Speaking of PT and OT though, I am making great progress there.

Rehab

This last week has been pretty eventful, but for the most part a good one.  I spent the whole weekend with Erika and Dad and we got to watch some movies.  I have more energy and have recovered completely from the stroke.  I have started rehab and I am on my way to being able to go home.