Two Months

Two months today.  We headed in to Boston early this morning for an appointment.  We were meeting with Surgery today.  At this appointment the surgeon went step by step over the transplant.  He told me exactly what to expect on the day of the transplant.  Of course going over all potential situations that may arise.  Also what to expect post transplant.  He also went over the removal of Mark's native kidneys if that has to happen.  He is not the one that will make the decision on that procedure happening or not.  He will just be the surgeon to preform this if need be.  There was a LOT of information to take in from this appointment today.  I thought it would be more of a physical exam to clear for transplant.  I am thinking Chris may have wanted to go to this appointment.  We can always meet with the doctor again if need be.  After we were done at Surgery we headed down to dialysis for treatment.  We were taken about an hour earlier.  This is good maybe we will beat the traffic out of the city!


Two months....What does that mean?  We have taken about 24 trips to Boston since we were released.....2 trips to the local lab....one trip to Emerson Hospital and one ambulance ride!  I have also had about 6 trips to CVS in a 2 month period.  We have listened to countless Children's Cd's....especially the Toy Story one (Thanks Christalle!)  The ipod play list including Mark's favorites...Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and my others!  I'm not even going to calculate the countless miles we have driven!  Possibly we have gone through 3 cases of wine...haha!  All in all it has been crazy, but we are getting use to our life!  Mark had an amazing treatment with no issues today.  The social worker asked us if we would be willing to meet with a new family.  This family was taking a tour of the unit it today.  Of course we jumped on the opportunity!  As you all know Mark is a talker...and I just want to reach out to whoever I can.  I want to educate new families, offer guidance and help them to understand what to expect.  Everything happen to us so quick we didn't have that chance.  Mark was happy to have bedside company to chat with.  He was really selling the dialysis program nicely.  He was so happy to share all the fun things he does.  I hoped this helped that family today.  I also hope we are able to reach out and help many others down the road.  This experience has changed me in a way that not many will ever understand.