After an organ transplant, the hospital may recommend that you purchase some type of medical identification jewelry. This will insure that if you are found during a medical crisis, and cannot communicate your health history, your hospital can be contacted immedicately for guidance. Suggested Wording for Lung Transplant Patients s/p Lung Transplant Hospital Name Hospital […]
Shortly after ungoing a successful single or double lung transplant, patients will begin physical therapy. This routine may begin as early as 12 hours after surgery and while the patient is still on a ventilator. Once the patient no longer needs assistance breathing, the patient is moved to a step-down transplant recovery room and more […]
Last month was be 11 years since my husband’s miracle double lung transplant and it also marks 11 years since a family out there in the country gave my husband a second chance at life while mourning the loss of their own loved one. How can one ever thank the donor and their family for the selfless […]
After receiving a transplant, most of us have thoughts about our donor. In the case where an organ has come from a living person, it is easy to communicate our feelings about the transplant experience with the donor, who is usually a family member or close friend. This is true primarily in some kidney donations. […]
The world of organ donation and transplantation has a language all its own. There are many terms and topics that you may not have heard of before. Get to know what it all means by selecting the letters below or just scrolling down. Absorption: the degree and pace at which a drug enters the bloodstream […]
Some people stop by my transplant blog an often wonder: who is Shannon and how did she get involved in Cystic Fibrosis (CF) and organ transplant awareness in the first place? Well, it is a long story that span over decades but for the sake of your eyes, I will grace you with the cliff notes […]
I’m going to admit something to you… I’m scared right now. Each day is a blessing and you have to learn to take the good with the bad. I’ve almost been a widow 3 times. It starts off simple enough. A cold here. An ache there. Nothing big, just a small thing that has healthy […]
