I have been home for two weeks now, and the feelings that I have had are completely and totally indescribable! I mean that. I just don't know how to explain the thoughts and feelings that I go through daily. It was just two weeks ago that I had a bronchoscopy done. The bronchoscopy is a... Continue Reading →
3 weeks post-transplant
Things have been going pretty well! Jay and I are in the hotel, and I am going through a lot to get myself better. I have rehab daily, blood work, doctors visits, etc. Getting a transplant is such a huge commitment. My doctor told me ahead of time that getting a transplant was like completing... Continue Reading →
June 10, 2011-Finally received my lungs! My DOUBLE BLESSING arrived just in time.
I cannot even begin to think of where to start this blog. I got my wings!!! I have two beautiful new lungs breathing life in my body. Two weeks ago, I was dying. Today, I am living and breathing! Today is a day where I cannot even begin to explain the level of emotion and... Continue Reading →
Not the right time…again. Praying for lungs!
Still no lungs. 😦 Tuesday night was a blessing in that my boys came up to visit me with their Uncle Jarad, and as they were in here cheering me up, I received a phone call from my doctor telling me that they had a perfect set of lungs in Kansas for me. I immediately... Continue Reading →
Update:14 days later…
Hi everyone. Well, today marks 14 days that I have been in the hospital. Time has gone by so slowly. I am not sure if today is the best day to write b/c I have cried at least 100 times today. But, I might as well. When I started this blog, I promised myself to... Continue Reading →
Airlifted to Iowa City…My new home.
This is a well overdue post...The past week has been a whirlwind, that is for sure!! A week ago, I was home when I started having what I thought was an anxiety attack. I have been having them for so long, and I could feel one coming on! So, I held on for dear life,... Continue Reading →
Not the Right Time…False Alarm for Lungs.
Yesterday at this time I was in the Iowa City Hospital awaiting my lung transplant. Obviously, since I am writing this, that means that it did not happen. It was around 6pm last night when my phone rang and it was the hospital phone number. I flipped out before I even answered b/c I knew... Continue Reading →
Just Keep Breathing!! I am struggling so bad right now.
I heard this amazing song this week by this incredible young woman . Her name is Kerrie Roberts, and she is my favorite new Christian singer. She has this song called, "Keep Breathing". Here is the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbDuM-f36Hs I almost feel like this song was WRITTEN for me for this time of my life! To... Continue Reading →
I really need these lungs to get here soon…
I am still waiting on the list. 🙂 I feel as if I have been on it for years, but it has only been a week. I feel so incredibly horrible, and I have been wondering if it was all in my head. Since I have gotten off of the trial drug I was on,... Continue Reading →
ON THE LIST!!!!
I am really excited right now b/c I am officially on the lung transplant list!! This is a real blessing for me. The funny thing is that when my husband asked me how I felt, rather than feeling scared or anxious or anything else, all that I could think of to feel was RELIEVED. I... Continue Reading →
Melanie Putnam 