Upcoming Anniversary

I am wrestling with a thought at this moment. You see, in a little over a week Greg will be celebrating his 3-year post transplant anniversary. With the upcoming anniversary, my mind starts to think back to when he received his transplant and the donor's family. Although we are celebrating a happy occasion, they are celebrating a somber one.

Some time ago I had purchased a Hallmark card that is specifically for an organ donor's family. I have held onto it for a number of months now and as we close in on the transplant anniversary, I am torn as to whether or not I should send it to the family now or wait until after the holidays.

No, we don't know who our hero's family is as they did not respond to the letter Greg sent shortly after his transplant. Everything in the beginning in anonymous so we aren't sure if they even agreed to accept it or if it was read and they just decided not to respond. That is why this choice is so difficult for me... all I want to do is to thank them and let them know how much of a hero we think their family member was; not to cause them unnecessary stress during their anniversary of loss.

I guess I will need to pray on it for a while but I hope that time does not run out for me to do the right thing.

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Bye Bye Colds

So the cold is finally starting to go away and Greg says that he didn't cough once yesterday. Lately he had been coughing a lot because of the post nasal drip and it was even keeping him up all night. Now it is barely recognizable and he is starting to feel more like his normal self. So much so that he was able to make it through a day of outside dog training, food shopping, and hours upon hours of football. Fine, the last thing is easy for any man to do but when you are sick, normally you fall asleep in front of the television. I am happy to report that football actually did not put him to sleep due to a cold! (laugh)

He is going to wait until tomorrow to see if the cold is gone before calling the transplant clinic to report it. Since they only have open clinic on Mondays, he would not be able to get in for another week unless his spirometery numbers were to decrease. Thank the heavens that his lung functions have held high during this entire cold and there has been no reason to call the doctor up until now. Why call now? Well, we were just a bit concerned about the post nasal drip making its way into his healthy new lungs. A little may be fine but when you have a cold and you are a double lung transplant recipient, you leave nothing to chance.

Hopefully there is no need for a transplant clinic appointment in our near future. Let's just keep our fingers crossed.