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Mar. 28, 2008
continuing with the story
Sir and I met with a friend yesterday from out of town. She is also a cousin to Brady. She hadn't seen Sir in over a year. She marveled at how healthy he looked. She hadn't thought he looked bad before, but seeing him now caused her to notice a definite change.
So that prompted me to return to my story and the anniversary of Sir's transplant. He went into the hospital for his transplant on3/19/07 and I brought him home 3/27/07. We were unprepared going in as we hadn't received all the necessary education that generally proceeds a transplant. On that Sunday night he was hungry and told the nurse that he was looking forward to breakfast. We didn't tell him that he wouldn't feel like eating. In actuality he didn't get any food until that Friday. Oh! he was hungry. His body needed to get the transplant settled and working before causing it additional stress with food. (Those are my terms and not the medical terms.) My poor Sir lost 15 pounds that week, and he didn't have anything extra to lose. He got so thin!
When I visited with him on Wednesday he informed me that the local TV station was going to interview him. Interview Sir! It was to be a follow up on their story of Brady's death. So on Thursday, Sir's room is filled with activity. His parents are there (and if you don't mind I prefer not to talk about them much. I might later, but it stirs up too much AACCKK!) Blondie and I were there, the hospital media laison and the TV crew. Sir was interviewed. It was really tough. They interviewed me for a bit. I remember saying that it was hard because there was a lot of grief over Brady and joy over Sir - and that it was all coming form the same people. It aired that evening. My parents came up, Sir's parents were there and we watched it on the news together. Doug and Julie arrived home that day and went right to Sir's hospital bed. So we all watched it together again on the late news.
Friday was the funeral. I went. Oh my - that was a tough thing. |
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Mar. 29, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Talk about messing with emotions.... *sniff*