I felt it only fitting to make a more positive blog to track my New Kidney Journey. I realize, in hindsite, I have been to much of a of a Drama King at times. I Must Change that !!
JUST A FEW DAYS TO GO !!
Final Cross match blood tests were done today (just to be sure there were no sudden changes). Allan also did a final 24 hour urine collection. Two weeks from today, the boys will be in surgery and Randeen and I will be anxiously awaiting.
Allan has been careful to watch his potassium intake (no cherries………….but he is so tempted when he has to drive by a cherry orchard every day to get home. Just yesterday he said “Oh I want to stop and buy a big bag of cherries”. I told him I will bring him cherries in the hospital right after the surgery.)
Allan’s eyes have been very yellow the past week. I would bet that his function has dropped again. ( I seem to able to tell by looking at him, what % function he is at. I haven’t been wrong yet, once blood tests confirm my thoughts.
Only 20 days until the transplant. Time will fly by as we get ready and sqeeze all the Summer activities we want to do, into the next 2 weeks.
Allan will be going to Vancouver on July 23rd, and checking into the hospital on the 24th for a pre-transplant clinic. He is told to spend a relaxing, stress free, and healthy weekend in Vancouver before the trasnplant.
Leon will be checking in at 6:30 am on the morning of the transplant. They get Leon all prepped for surgery 1st, then Allan comes in at 8am, and they send Al into surgery after Leon is almost finished in the O.R. It will be a long wait until Allan is out of surgery and back on the Renal ward (6th floor – St Pauls Hospital)
We found a tiny, but oh so cute, condo to rent from July 23rd to the end of Sept. It is 7 blocks from the hospital, on the 20th floor of a new highrise across the water from Granville Island. There is a park and seawall across the street, so when Allan is feeling better, he can go watch the sailboats and go take a water taxi across to Granville Island. There is a gym, and pool, and even a beach volleyball pit.
Randeen and family will be staying at our house once Leon is discharged. They will look after Dane & Stitches, (and our boat). When they leave, my friend , Michele is coming to spend a couple weeks here.
On the business side, I have my Saskatoon partner coming to Kelowna the middle of Aug. to help get us caught up on head office jobs, so that I dont have to rush back to Kelowna. Carleigh is coming from Saskatoon, to work at the store for 3 weeks, as I have some staff on holidays at that time.
Once school is back in, I will have to spend the majority of my time in Kelowna, and perhaps Dane and I will go see Allan on weekends. We hope by Oct, he can start coming home for weekends.
In some ways, it seems like it was such a long road, but on the other hand, I can’t believe how quickly this all came together, and I am so thankful that Allan gets his transplant before his health is really bad, and before dialysis. We are blessed!!! There really are not words to express our gratitude and feelings.The following sentence just isn’t sufficient………………….Thank-you Leon.
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