Losing Our Transplant Surgeon

Every 3 months, Greg is scheduled for a number of tests at his transplant hospital. This is normal for a post lung transplant patient as patients go through such tests as: Pulmonary Function Tests (PFT), chest x-ray, blood tests, and transplant clinic physical. As it turns out, the hospital is very pleased with how well he is doing and his lung function test was the highest that they have been able to record - Greg has 80% lung function. Not too shabby for someone who had 10% lung function back in October 2004!

Of course, we will take this type of good news without even thinking twice about it and we have! We were caught off guard, however, when we were told that Greg's transplant surgeon, Dr. Robert Love, would be leaving UW-Madison and is relocating down at the Loyola Hospital in Illinois. Great for people down south of us but we don't like the idea of losing our surgeon.

Of course, Greg says that it just means we are free to move out of state now. No! We are not following the doctor to Illinois! (laugh) But there are some great transplant hospitals in North Carolina and Florida... And the weather isn't too bad either. Definitely gives us some food for thought given his new lease on life.