Clinic Visit Number 5

Update from Jane:

Good news today at northwestern doctors visit. No new blood clots! Lung team is thrilled with my progress. They will meet about discontinuing my blood thinner shots to tummy. Seems likely to stop shots! Also, northwestern is hosting a dinner November 3 for lung transplant patients, those waiting for transplant and their families. It's also for all the doctors and medical team to see where we are in our recovery. They asked me to be one of two speakers about my transplant experience. I represent the tougher recovery and they wanted my perspective. I will be a seed planter for Jesus! :-) how cool!


We are really indeed hopping they will stop the Lovenox injections (blood thinners) to the stomach as they are quiet painful...ouch!  Needle is big and the drug causes a strong burning sensation that lasts for a couple of minutes.

At home Jane continues to improve little by little still needs no oxygen, I believe sometime this week or next the pharmacy will come and remove all of our home oxygen equipment! Seems weird not to have the equipment any more, we have gotten so used to it. Physical therapy is still coming about twice a week at home.  They have decided that physical therapy be continued at home for the foreseeable future rather than Jane going into outpatient rehab (This will reduce her exposure to colds an flus this year)

Although, they said Jane's hospital recovery has been the hardest of all their lung transplants at Northwestern, her recovery since going  home has been better than some patients. This is one reason Jane will be speaking at the dinner next week November the 3rd.  I will take a video of her speech and post here on the blog. Jane and I looking very forward to it and meeting other lung transplant patients and more of the transplant staff.