Category: Health Updates
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Stacey left us this morning
by Denise Wirth, Stacey’s sister Dear Friends, Stacey left us this morning. She died just after 9 a.m., after a wonderful, joyful day and evening. It is hard to describe how much this last week has meant to her, and how she has treasured and valued the chance to connect with you all. Stacey loved…
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Grateful for a Good Hospital Visit
In Thanksgiving spirit today, the first thing that popped into my mind was that I was grateful that the kindness and skill of the Stanford Interventional Radiology staff. It made today one of my best hospital experiences yet. I’m dozing after spending the day at the hospital for another procedure to replace the jejunal feeding…
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My 11-year Lungaversary today: November 22, 2015
Today is my lungaversary… I have survived 11 years! There have been some dark times in the past 2 years, but knowing there is a chance for a better life through a second transplant lifted my hope! It is the light at the end of the tunnel. To focus on the light is the only…
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Recent news
A lot has happened in the last month…some sad, some glad! Some of the sad news is that my friend Gwen passed away; she had a transplant one month after me. She was a loving, affectionate young person and we will all miss her. She suffered a lot all through her life, but I am…
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Health update
Greetings to my long-lost readers! I am sorry for not posting in a while. I thought I’d better get on the ball when my mother said, “Now I only check your website every two weeks, and I’m your mother!” In December and January, I was diagnosed and treated for acute rejection. By mid-February, it was…
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Acute Rejection
A lot has happened over the winter vacation, including receiving the 2nd year annual check-up results. The good news is that I had a wonderful, relaxing vacation with my mother for the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. She came to visit me from Florida, and we had a delicious meal of stuffed chicken, green beans,…
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December Update
Tori, thanks for posting the pictures and keeping the website going. Felix, I hope you are surviving the snow in Colorado! Thanksgiving in Seattle was fun and interesting. I saw Angie, and we spent the first day browsing Pike’s Peak Market. There were a lot of tourists, different types of food, bright flowers, and fish…
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I’ve Made It Two Years!
Felix, thanks so much for your note! I am going to start volunteering for the Lam Foundation to help raise awareness for a cure. I’m up early today to catch a plane to Seattle to see my step-sister Angie for Thanksgiving! I just wanted to let everyone know that today is my official transplant birthday.…