dreamcatchinglady
10-14-2005, 12:57 PM
Hello everybody. I apologize for being away from the board for a while. But I have been unable to get on for a big reason. The evening of September 30th I got the phone call for my heart. My doctor told me it wasn' t a drill and that I needed to come to Brigham and women's hospital asap. So I went in with my parents and then the next morning on October 1st they started operating on me at 2:30 am.Eight hours later I woke up with breathing tubes in the icu and my hands were tied down. I could only wiggle my fingers but I looked at my mom and she knew I wanted those tubes out.Three hours later they were out. I am glad I don't remember anything the anesthesiologists asked me where I wanted to go and I told them Hawaiia and they said Okay you are going there. I was so scared and didn't think I was going to live through the surgery.
I think it is all still sinking in. I am so happy and relieved the surgery is over and that I don't have to fret about. But my heart felt prayers go to the donor and his family. All I know is that I got it from a young male don't know anything else.I am in a lot of pain in my chest from the incision site and I am hobbling around with a cane that the hospital physical therapist suggested I use.
Even with this pain which is a 7 or 8 every day I am trying to be wonderwoman and I am wearing myself out. I think I am partly going crazy because I want to go out of the house and adventure though I am not strong enough yet. We have big stairs at home and I am now realizing how hard they are.I had plans for october which now I guess Will have to be sadly cancelled. But then again maybe next year I might be able to climb mountains. My goal is to go to boston for fun rather than doc's appts. before my b-day but my docs are warning and saying flu season. :( I guess sometimes I just want too much.I apologize for rambling. I would love to talk to everyone here. Thanks for all your thoughts. Heart transplant October 1,2005. I came home Wednesday. Lots of clinic appointments and biopsies. First biopsy so far no rejection woohooo that was on tuesday.
I think it is all still sinking in. I am so happy and relieved the surgery is over and that I don't have to fret about. But my heart felt prayers go to the donor and his family. All I know is that I got it from a young male don't know anything else.I am in a lot of pain in my chest from the incision site and I am hobbling around with a cane that the hospital physical therapist suggested I use.
Even with this pain which is a 7 or 8 every day I am trying to be wonderwoman and I am wearing myself out. I think I am partly going crazy because I want to go out of the house and adventure though I am not strong enough yet. We have big stairs at home and I am now realizing how hard they are.I had plans for october which now I guess Will have to be sadly cancelled. But then again maybe next year I might be able to climb mountains. My goal is to go to boston for fun rather than doc's appts. before my b-day but my docs are warning and saying flu season. :( I guess sometimes I just want too much.I apologize for rambling. I would love to talk to everyone here. Thanks for all your thoughts. Heart transplant October 1,2005. I came home Wednesday. Lots of clinic appointments and biopsies. First biopsy so far no rejection woohooo that was on tuesday.