Tomorrow is the big day. Tomorrow, the Doctors in Toronto review my tests, and decide whether they will take me and put me on "The LIST". And I am feeling the punch right now, boy oh boy. It's trying to stay calm, when the boats are being beaten by the sea in a hurricane. What's that called a White Squall, yeah that's what it feels like. For sure.
I am trying to stay calm, and relaxed, but it's my life in their hands, literally. It's up to them whether I get to see another set of lungs. Oh my Lord. Time is so strange right now, it's like I can hear the tic of each second on the clock as though it were chiming right in my ear. No question.
Now when they say I will be listed, it's all about timing. I will find out soon, and if I get in I have to wait here in Ottawa until they have a bed available in Toronto at St. Mike's hospital. And as soon as that happens I will be taken by air ambulance to Toronto. Once in Toronto, I will be admitted and wait in the hospital until lungs come for me. I will keep you all posted on that too.
Well, that's all I have to report today. See you next time. If you have questions, just ask.
I hope everything went well at your appointment and you get your new lungs soon.
ReplyDeleteSo,once you are listed you wait in the hospital until lungs come? Couldn't that take awhile? I have been on the list for 8 months and I would go out of my mind if I had to wait that long sitting in a hospital bed! How long is the average wait time on the list in Toronto?
ReplyDeleteYes, I've signed my donor card! - for people just like you - bright, beautiful shining lights for the rest of us. Congratulations for making "the list".
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