Settled in "The Big House"

I don't remember when I have been soooooo tired.

But Loren was released, and we are mostly settled in the Transplant House, in room 52. Here is the complete address:

Loren and Becky Hoyt
Gift of Life Transplant House
Room 52
705 2nd St. SW
Rochester, MN 55902

The phone # is: 507-535-1004

While the nurse was finishing up the discharge paperwork, I was able to drive over and take most of our things up to our room. It only took about 8 trips. And let me tell you, lugging a 19inch CRT monitor around is not a job for sissies. They don't call me "The Ma," for nothin' :-)

At the next to last trip, the sister at the desk suddenly remembered a luggage cart in the basement. Oh well. I've been doing nothing but sitting around, walking up six flights of stairs, sitting, walking down six flights of stairs, etc.

After I dumped our stuff, I went back and waited for the nurse to give discharge instructions and teaching about meds. Finally got Loren over here around 4. Went down and got all his gear that had followed him from room to room in the hospital. Made sure Loren was ok and went out for groceries. It's a little challenging with some of the restrictions: low salt, no foods that cannot be washed easily, (no grapes or berries) etc. Got back, stored everything in my allotted pantry, cooler and freezer spaces. (by the way, there is this little gallon tub that is supposed to hold all your freezer items. GET REAL! I may have made my first trangression, butI stacked the extras around it. Surely they'll have a little sympathy for a first timer :-)

Then I came up to see what Loren wanted to eat. He just wanted to have an "Ensure." He was leery of eating because of a bad episode around noon. He had to go to the echocardiagram in a fasting state, but he had to take all his pills in the morning. And some of those pills should be taken with food. So, when he came back and tried to eat his reheated breakfast, he promptly lost it all. Well, I did not want to go to all the hassle of fixing something for myself, so I just ate a banana, while standing with one foot in the kitchen and one in the dining room. I feel I met the technical requirements for eating in the dining room, without having to disinfect a table afterwords :-) There were just two people around, and they truly understood it was my first day.

It is only 8:30l, but we are utterly exhausted and in need of repose.

At least I have IM and can blog. I think we will survive :-)

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