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So excited! 💞
The gal who's on her 3rd liver is doing remarkably well & was released from Mayo Clinic today, with 2 more weeks of therapies to continue here. She'll go home 6/18.
Today was a grand day for many of us and one where we're feeling happy to be alive. My DD returns tomorrow from her Air B&B to spend some time with us and work her job from a comfy cushioned desk nook in the lobby. I'll pick her up after Chuck's morning appointment since she has to turn the car in with the Air B&B keys.
Hopefully we'll be driving home on Friday or by the weekend! 😁 DD will help me drive home (13 hr drive) since Chuck is still wearing a boot on his right foot.
Meanwhile, one of our group got The Call this morning for his liver AND kidney transplant and is in the OR as I type. We have only one more man who's awaiting both a liver & kidney transplant in our group right now, which is great news!
I'm feeling pretty hopeful today and headed off to the store for a few food items to keep us stocked for a couple more days.
Thanks Barb, hoping the same; that everything stays quiet moving forward. This week's tests will tell. Getting him off the oral antibiotics seems to have settled his stomach and allowed him to EAT real FOOD, which is a big change from where we've been the past few weeks. It's very tricky for the docs to balance ALL these meds & figure out what's enough/too much, etc for each individual patient.
I believe the husband will survive this transplant beyond whatever survival date Mayo uses to achieve their 95 percent survival metric. Long term complications generally aren’t accessed, and will definitely happen. The husband has had three generals so far since April, and before that there was presumably cancer treatment plus a triple bypass in 2020. There are now multiple new chronic conditions.
The RN daughter is basically at their beck and call even as they are right next to a major medical facility. How is this going to change when they go home?
The daughter wants her own family, found someone to have it with, and now The mother is opining that he’s not good enough because why? He’s objecting to her being absent from him for going on two months?
Things cannot stay acute for the long term. Once the husband is discharged, they as the aging parents must take responsibility
big courage & strength hugs, from me to you and your husband :) :) :).
Colleen/cxmoody, thank you sweet girl. I am dreaming of my Tempur-pedic mattress topper which I sorely miss. I wanted to take it but there wasn't enough room in the car :( My back misses it a lot & will be thankful to reconnect with it when we get home. I hope things are going ok with your mom.........? Or, as well as can be expected, at least.
ITRR: I haven't seen a water fill station such as you mention at Whole Foods, no. But I will look when I go next. Here at the hotel, they have filtered water I use in gallon jugs I've saved, but it's not alkaline. Your rescue Shepard is so cute!! Honey is so-so with her booties.......I haven't had to use them too often b/c of the grass patch I found, though.
Chuck has had a GOOD day today, thank God, so I am extremely grateful and hanging onto that as a good omen for the future.
Ours has 3 different waters, distilled, alkaline and something else that I can't remember, to expensive for me. We use 6 gallons a day of alkaline water just for drinking.
Has Honey adapted to her pad saving booties?
My avatar is our newest rescue Shepard. He's begging! See that innocent face?
When the choices are coping with a difficult situation, I shop convenient close-by shopping over finding that bargain.
In the past, relocating after a big earthquake, I coped by using my gas credit card to buy food at the gas station mini-mart. Alone, I was not about to shop around, and the one-stop shopping was a stress buster for me. They sold bananas, lol.
WF was my special low-stress shopping for awhile (smaller, nice store) once I arrived in this area, and I loved their prepared foods.
You continue to cope anyway you can.
You are much loved on this forum, and those of us whom you have helped are very happy to give YOU support for a change. 💐
I pray you have smooth sailing, from here on out, and can get back home to sleep in your own beds really, really soon. 🌻
I do not know what an "alkaline water hub" is? They do sell alkaline water, in 6 packs and by the gallon and in a 2 gallon box, but that's all I see.
Thanks JoAnn; I am hoping this bump in the road is temporary & YES he's definitely in very good hands here, thank God.
I am very conscientious with my food budget and I have migraines from pesticides, so I have to eat organic and that means shopping sales and eating seasonal to be able to eat what we enjoy.
Does the WF have an alkaline water hub? Just curious if other locations have it.
I am with you lea, WFs across the street over trying to navigate a strange place. I have never had any sense of direction. So, I don't do cities or go any further than 30 min up the interstate. The traffic gets pretty congested after that and I don't know the area. I also don't do left-hand turns without a light if I can't help it.😊
"my DD should have kicked her fiance to the curb years ago"
IMO, marriage should have happened by now. Sometimes relationships get "comfortable". Really are no longer "in love". Maybe this will be the test.
So sorry you have hit a bump in the road. I can imagine how frustrating it probably is but he is in good hands.
I never shop WFs, they are really over priced in comparison to Natural Grocers and Sprouts. Trader Joe's, here, doesn't have as big of selection of organic fresh foods as Sprouts.
My secret is eating what's on sale and freezing or canning good deals. Nothing like fresh peach pancakes for new year's day or a nectarine smoothie in January.
ITRR, my DD should have kicked her fiance to the curb years ago, imo, but her heart is so huge that she sometimes overlooks obvious things in the name of love. I told her yesterday that her 20s are almost over now and she's looking at her 30s here shortly w/o a baby (which she wants) so NOW is the time to think hard about what SHE wants for HER future. We like her fiance, but SHE has to be happy with him, that's what's important; we support her one way or another.
My DD is here of her own volition, btw, and not b/c mommy can't handle things on her own. She CHOSE to come here is choosing to suffer any consequences of that decision. Not that I owe anyone an explanation, but there it is.
Send, there is a Sprouts here and a Trader Joe's too, and in Denver as well, and I know they're both way less expensive than Whole Foods. The thing is, WF is literally across the street so I'm going there to save time and for convenience purposes, and so I don't have to GPS my way to the other places and run the risk of getting lost. Yes, I'm one of those people who gets lost easily and often :( And yes, I realize I'm opening myself up to more cheap shots by making that statement! Who cares? I'm human, in case I forgot to mention that previously. I'm incredibly tired & worn out, too, so I'm willing to spend more to save energy right now. When we get home, THEN I'll drive to my local Sprouts & TJs, you bet! Oh, we have Natural Grocers too, right down the street, come to think of it.
Here is an article with a short video that was produced by the Mayo Clinic recently talking about what Chuck's surgeon does, Dr. Amit Mathur, which I don't think anyone in their right mind would call "exotic or extravagant" but lifesaving and miraculous. Chuck had end stage liver disease and an aggressive form of cancer, so w/o a transplant, he would have died in short order.
https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-minute-liver-in-a-box-is-saving-lives-with-new-technology/
Take a look at this for anyone who is interested in new & life saving technology.
Thank you to everyone who's been supportive and helpful to me, I appreciate it. I've looked forward to coming here to read your comments; they've uplifted me at a scary time in my life. That's been helpful, just like the support group here at the hotel has been. If we feel angry & hateful, we keep those feelings to ourselves b/c we know they're not going to be productive to unleash them. We're all at a crossroads in life where we're feeling vulnerable, so we try to be kind. We talk about funny things & silly stories, not surgeries, b/c everything can't be SO intense all the time. Yes, we know it's serious but we can laugh & joke TOO. We bring cake or cookies to share. We bring smiles and positive words of healing & hope, even when we don't feel that way inside. We fake it b/c that's what it means to give someone support. And if we can't fake it, we'll stay home that night instead of attending. The most laughs everyone got was when I put those pink booties on Honey's paws. One lady who's DH has been in ICU for the past month was laughing so hard she had tears streaming down her face. Tears of laughter for once instead of tears of fear & sadness. That was THE best $9 I've ever spent. No apologies :)
You are right, the price differences are amazing looking at Whole Foods vs. places like Sprouts and Trader Joe's.
Is there a Trader Joe's in Arizona, Phoenix or Scottsdale?
I really like the Trader Joe's bran cereal, looks like tiny cut ups of a strand of spaghetti, 1/2 inch long, brown in color. My dH mixes that with other cereals.
Happy Saturday everyone.
PeggySue, what's up with you?
I am so surprised, to tell you the truth.
I do not understand why you would come here bashing a fellow Forum member who has a plate absolutely full, whose loved husband is fighting for his life (and valiantly) and pretend you have the answer to everything from current medical practices for transplant to why the member's darling daughter's fiancee has his undies in a bunch.
That we disagree about fiancee is neither here nor there (if he can't support his future wife in this, there will be many other ways in future he cannot support her, and to me this is an early warning system; to put it bluntly I would kick his butt to the curb if he doesn't shape up fast).
Please stop what you are doing. Please. We don't have to all love one another, but we can learn to leave one another in peace. Quite honestly I am begging you to stop this. It's cruel.
They are far cheaper then WF.
Found the Natures Path Smart Bran at our local market Sprouts.
What a good suggestion for fiber!
No matter what you are going through, you have always been a help to others.
Thank you!