Saturday, February 13, 2010

Day 4 - status quo

I got to the hospital later than planned today - seems the entire East Bay area was heading into SF for the first decent weekend weather day, and/or to celebrate Valentine's Day early. But Bob was enjoying a visit from Gary, Terre and Will so was happily occupied. They reported witnessing his afternoon walk, impressed with his quick pace. And I stuck around until I got to walk with him too, finally. A nurse even took a picture of us, to prove that he really is walking now. I'm very disappointed that our iffy technology is preventing me from posting that photo. I will go back to using my trusty and simple iphone again.

During our walk, my phone calendar reminded me of tonight's Elton John - Billy Joel concert that we had planned to attend. The reason we are missing this one is so wonderful that we are not even disappointed - we are much more hopeful than we were a week ago that we will be in a position to attend many more concerts in the future. And we trust our "stand-ins" to provide a full report on the event at some point!

Discussion continues about moving him out of ICU over to the regular section of the 10th floor, but the docs seem in no hurry, and of course there are no empty beds there either. (Long time readers of this blog have heard that story before). And Bob is in no hurry this time - still has a couple of drain tubes and an IV pole, so is not exactly able to move around without help yet.

We had a visit from Robin and Pat before dinner - they were thrilled to get a look at him for the first time, after seeing him off to surgery on Tuesday afternoon.

I will aim for a much earlier arrival on Sunday, so we can watch as much as possible of the Daytona 500 together. As several of you have mentioned, yes, he is very worried that he will get moved or be "bothered" by docs during the race. Imagine that! Gotta love the fact that his racing passion is back in action after a few years of apathy. And that's it for today.
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RJ/Bob/Irv is a 61-year-old beloved husband, father, uncle, brother, motor racing fanatic, and Livermore resident who received a heart and kidney transplant in February of 2010. Bob's recent years have been defined by his health, which forced him into early retirement. Unfortunately, many of his days were spent in a dialysis center or at various medical appointments, primarily due to his living with diabetes for over 40 years. Numerous were panic visits to various Emergency Rooms all over California for treatment of chest pain. But now no more dialysis and no more late-night dashes to UCSF! The main focus of Bob's family, friends, and doctors has been a prompt transplant, so that he can get back to traveling with his Sweetie, driving fast cars, enjoying great music and laughing with his friends. This blog will function as a way to communicate with all interested parties and to keep everyone informed. And hopefully it can serve a great purpose also, in making people more aware of the importance of organ donation and how each life saved has a positive effect on dozens of related friends and relatives.