February 15, 2009 11:30 PM

Freedom at last! Finally, I am not hooked up to the IV pole and don’t expect to be for the remainder of my stay.

It certainly was a quiet day today being a Sunday and all. As I mentioned yesterday, my appetite has continued to diminish after the first few days when I was eating like a horse. This is an expected occurrence with the doctor saying that eating less food was not going to be an issue, but that I needed to drink lots of water during the day to prevent dehydration. As my wife can attest to, that has never been one of my strengths.

Other than that, the doctors continue to say that everything continues to be perfect – kidneys, liver, heart, lungs, and my blood test results. We can’t ask for more than that!

However, you certainly get to drink water when they make those pill deliveries which they are wont to do at least 3 times a day – each time varying now from 1 pill to about 10.

I forgot to mention yesterday that we had asked the doctors what the donor’s blood type was as I would assume that type after the transplant. It turns out that the donor’s type is exactly the same as mine – A positive – so that won’t be changing as originally thought. I don’t know if this makes things easier for me or not since the doctors were always unconcerned as to what the donor’s type was to begin with.

I was expecting the same nurse tonight that I had last night, but when another nurse appeared, I asked why the change? It turns out that she was injured early this morning when trying to lift a patient and will be out of work for a few days. I have never thought of nursing as being an overly dangerous profession. But that’s what happens when we really aren’t exposed to these things and simply make assumptions. Now I have to give them even more respect than I already have for undertaking this sometimes very trying profession.

So, tomorrow is scheduled to be another day of rest in preparation for Tuesday. I’ll be glad when this is all over and I can go home once again and begin my recovery period.

For now…

Bob