History VII

Everything in the surgery went very well, except that I suffered a stroke that affected my right side. I am still fighting back to regain full functions on my right side. Most of the rest of this post will be second hand information from Linda.  They wheeled me out of the Operating Room and into ICU. As they did Linda had an opportunity to see me and wave to me.  As she did the nurses told me that she was on the other side of the window and that I should wave. Now remember, I just had a double lung transplant and was severely drugged so I don't remember anything. I understand that I somewhat sat up, smiled and waved. Linda thought that was incredible that I had the alertness and ability to complete this feat. Later she asked me about this incident and when I told her I had no idea what she was talking about she was extremely bummed. The day after the surgery the nurses want you to get up and walk. Wow! Well, we did just that, we walked. Not far from the bed, but we walked. I was in ICU for 4 days then I was moved to the Transplant Floor.  I was in the hospital for a total of 11 days. In that 11 days I had Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Pulmonary Therapy, Xrays, blood drawn every few hours, and pills. Oh, the quantity of pills would amaze you. You don't go to the hospital for rest when you have a transplant! You are woken up every couple of hours for something.