Today Shirley had her second follow-up visit with the transplant team since her release from the hospital. Last week, it would be fair to say that her doctors were reluctant to endorse her intent on returning home this week, but one week later and the progress was significant enough that we were given their blessings for a safe trip home.
We spent the majority of the day at UW: blood tests, pulmonary function tests, chest x-rays, meetings with the transplant team, filling prescriptions at the pharmacy, getting copies of medical records to take to her local pulmonologist, and getting a prescription for physical therapy to be filled in Portland.
Then a quick trip back to Pete & Caroline's to see how much of our six months of accumulation we could shoehorn into the car. Packed to the rafters, we headed home around 6pm. The traffic gods smiled upon us and even with stops for food, fuel and bladder relief, we were home shortly after 9:30 pm.
We were greeted by a large "welcome home" banner across the front of the garage; a spic and span house (thank you Souang and Nic) and some very happy dogs and cats. It's a little overwhelming in terms of where to start. The spare upstairs bedroom and now stacked with all the bags and totes brought back from Seattle; and the wet bar has stacks and stack of mail. It's going to take a few days to get unburied and organized, but I can't tell you how great it is to be home.
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