Lifesavers for Latasha

D22 – HLT Update

Chris

Today was a busy day for Latasha and me. We met with many disciplines to discuss discharge and life after transplant, precisely postoperative success.

Through 30 years of successfully managing major transplants, we have gained a lot of great information. We have some lifestyle adjustments to accommodate medications and prevention, but that’s a small price to pay for the future.

Tasha was removed from all of her IVs and pacer, and the last chest tube was removed. The doctor let me stay at the bedside during the procedure since we had gotten to chat a lot. He knew my background and that I wasn’t going to be squeamish. See the attached photo.

We were able to walk around some more, but it was a day of information ingestion. The goal is to be discharged on Thursday and begins the back-and-forth labs and testing. The following two months will be all about medication adjustments and assessing how well Tasha’s body tolerated the new organs.

As we get into our postoperative routine, I will reduce my posting and let Tasha take over her blog site.

Stay tuned, friends.

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