Anna sat up on the edge of the bed! Brushed her teeth! AND! Stood up for a whole minute!!! GOOO ANNA!!!! She is in such great spirits! (She says its because they had her drink some sugary drink, chalky, but delish!) She also is able to see now!After asking her about how it feels to breathe with her new lungs her response is... "I don't know? I don't notice it. That's the difference, Ive noticed it for my WHOLE LIFE and now I don't." I have to say that her breathing already is COMPLETELY different. If you know Anna well her breaths were always shallow and fast, now they are slow and steady. This was the moment Ive been waiting for. Anna is kicking butt and is on the road for her new life!
We have been able to be hanging out intermittently with Anna all day. She is becoming more and more herself and you can see from her big grin and thumbs up! Shes hungry, which is great, but unfortunately for her shes not going to be able to eat for a good long while. Its really one step at a time here. She has been so sweet and told the surgeon that he is her hero and is so thankful for all of the care and support.
Here is the current camp Anna, with all of us tuned into the internet.
Trying to return atleast some of the many emails of support and love. We have had people trickling in and out through out the day.
2 comments:
That sounds like amazing progress in 2 days. I'm so excited for her! And I love this blow-by-blow narration, especially her description of having healthy lungs, makes me look forward to my own transplant one day.
so awesome! this is the hard part, but you have already made it through the worst and it will just keep getting better from here on out! yay anna! congratulations on your new lungs!!!!
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