Hi, this is Monica, Marty's wife. Today is a day of reflection for me. There are so many things going on in my head. First off, 4 years ago today, Marty was admitted to Scottsdale Healthcare for what we thought was a bad cold. He came home 6 months later, only to be readmitted a day later for another 3 weeks, and then admitted another two times before the end of Sept. 2007. If you are interested, you can read about his hospitalizations and his health journey written in previous posts.
I guess I just want to again say thank you to EVERYONE who had a part with his healthcare, his rehab, his transplant, just everything. Thank you all so much. So many people worked to save his life.
Thank you too for the prayers and support, I always knew that God was going through this with us, but as I look back today, I am even more aware of it. He has a plan!
In a way, it has been such a long journey and then again, time seems to have flown by.
Thank you all for your love and support given to us these past 4 years.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
Two years!!!
Sorry I haven't posted in a long time. Things have been pretty crazy at times.
Today is the two year anniversary of my lung transplant. I am so very thankful to have this second chance at living. Today I think of and say a prayer for my donor and their family. What a selfless decision that my donor made. As my life continues, the donor family may be experiencing many different feelings today. If you are reading this, please say a prayer for that family.
Right now, I am going through my two year medical testing, full PFT'S, blood work, CT of the lungs, dermotology, eyes, colonoscopy(yuck), and and EDG. I am very happy to say things are going well so far. I am realizing that the heat is a bit more difficult to handle though. Thank God for A/C.
It has been a very busy year for us, we have done some traveling to visit family in Kentucky and Ohio, taking a road trip. We were able to drive on some of old RT. 66, seeing some of the landmarks. I will try to upload some photos, but the comupter is not really cooperating.
So, at this two year anniversary, I am thankful to God for allowing me to continue on this planet, I am thankful to God for putting such wonderful people into my life(Dr.'s, St. Joseph's hospital, church family, friends, support group family, my wife and family) Everyone has been so supportive with words of encouragement, prayers and financial support through the NTAF.
Thank you all, especially a big thank you to my donor.
Please register to be an organ donor.
Today is the two year anniversary of my lung transplant. I am so very thankful to have this second chance at living. Today I think of and say a prayer for my donor and their family. What a selfless decision that my donor made. As my life continues, the donor family may be experiencing many different feelings today. If you are reading this, please say a prayer for that family.
Right now, I am going through my two year medical testing, full PFT'S, blood work, CT of the lungs, dermotology, eyes, colonoscopy(yuck), and and EDG. I am very happy to say things are going well so far. I am realizing that the heat is a bit more difficult to handle though. Thank God for A/C.
It has been a very busy year for us, we have done some traveling to visit family in Kentucky and Ohio, taking a road trip. We were able to drive on some of old RT. 66, seeing some of the landmarks. I will try to upload some photos, but the comupter is not really cooperating.
So, at this two year anniversary, I am thankful to God for allowing me to continue on this planet, I am thankful to God for putting such wonderful people into my life(Dr.'s, St. Joseph's hospital, church family, friends, support group family, my wife and family) Everyone has been so supportive with words of encouragement, prayers and financial support through the NTAF.
Thank you all, especially a big thank you to my donor.
Please register to be an organ donor.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
HAPPY NEW YEAR A LITTLE LATE
Hello everyone... this is Monica, Marty's wife. It has been such a long time since he has posted anything, I thought I would help out a little bit. Usually he dictates, and I type, but not tonight. We Hope that everyone had a nice Christmas and New Year. Ours was pretty uneventful. We did get to watch Jonathan open his Christmas gifts via Skype, very different, but at least we got to see him.
Marty is doing pretty good, just trying to keep healthy and live life. He is having some rollercoaster blood pressures that are not cooperating with the medications. This is keeping him home more than usual, he doesn't want to get light headed or dizzy if he is out. But other than that, his transpant clinics, lungs, breathing and everything else is going well.
Yesterday we went to Tempe Town Lake, they had a fishing thing going on. There were community organizations that had booths set up giving out information. The reason we went is to show support for Donate Life Arizona. It was pretty encouraging to meet the three people working at the booth. Two were a married couple, she is a 10 year double lung transplant survivor. The other lady is the mother of a young man who was an organ donor, her son died as a young adult. She was so encouraging to us, and even had a look of happiness and joy on her face, at meeting another "transplant person" It just took me off guard. I have never knowingly met a family member of a donor. I was not expecting for Marty and I to have the reaction that we did. As we walked away from the booth, we both were a bit quiet and had tears in our eyes. God has truly been so good to us though this whole experience. He has placed so many wonderful people into our lives, so many people we would have never gotten the oportunity to meet.
Some other things have happened to bring the reality of how precious life is into our lives. A dear lady, who may not even know how much she and her husband have been a support and encouragement to us, lost her husband this past month. We met them though St. Josephs Transplant Support group, We are so thankful for the wonderful family we have there. The reality of how precious life is, has become so real to both of us already in this new year.
Oh, I kind of got off track with the rest of our fishing day... As we were walking around looking at things, Marty heard drums. For those of you who don't know, Marty plays the drums and hasn't really gotten back into it since the transplant. Well, that changed yesterday. The drums he heard were from a drum circle, set up as part of one of the informational booths. He looked at me and said,"do you mind if I join in?" He ended up playing different drums for about 30 minutes. I have not seen him smile and look that happy in a LONG time. I was having so much fun watching him have fun. It was great. God had us be there, originally just for the Donate Life Booth, but also blessed Marty with playing the drums again. What a great day. Maybe a little too much being in the sun though.....but worth it.
Marty is doing pretty good, just trying to keep healthy and live life. He is having some rollercoaster blood pressures that are not cooperating with the medications. This is keeping him home more than usual, he doesn't want to get light headed or dizzy if he is out. But other than that, his transpant clinics, lungs, breathing and everything else is going well.
Yesterday we went to Tempe Town Lake, they had a fishing thing going on. There were community organizations that had booths set up giving out information. The reason we went is to show support for Donate Life Arizona. It was pretty encouraging to meet the three people working at the booth. Two were a married couple, she is a 10 year double lung transplant survivor. The other lady is the mother of a young man who was an organ donor, her son died as a young adult. She was so encouraging to us, and even had a look of happiness and joy on her face, at meeting another "transplant person" It just took me off guard. I have never knowingly met a family member of a donor. I was not expecting for Marty and I to have the reaction that we did. As we walked away from the booth, we both were a bit quiet and had tears in our eyes. God has truly been so good to us though this whole experience. He has placed so many wonderful people into our lives, so many people we would have never gotten the oportunity to meet.
Some other things have happened to bring the reality of how precious life is into our lives. A dear lady, who may not even know how much she and her husband have been a support and encouragement to us, lost her husband this past month. We met them though St. Josephs Transplant Support group, We are so thankful for the wonderful family we have there. The reality of how precious life is, has become so real to both of us already in this new year.
Oh, I kind of got off track with the rest of our fishing day... As we were walking around looking at things, Marty heard drums. For those of you who don't know, Marty plays the drums and hasn't really gotten back into it since the transplant. Well, that changed yesterday. The drums he heard were from a drum circle, set up as part of one of the informational booths. He looked at me and said,"do you mind if I join in?" He ended up playing different drums for about 30 minutes. I have not seen him smile and look that happy in a LONG time. I was having so much fun watching him have fun. It was great. God had us be there, originally just for the Donate Life Booth, but also blessed Marty with playing the drums again. What a great day. Maybe a little too much being in the sun though.....but worth it.
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