At 9:48 p.m. (Wednesday-4/29) I received a call from Will from Stanford stating they have lungs for Lindsay and wanted to know if she was with me. I let him I know I wasn't so he said he will call her and call me back if he couldn't get a hold of her. He called me back when he got her voicemail and wanted me to try to get a hold of her. Well let me just express that was a hard task I was ever assigned! I called Lindsay about 10 times before I called others to see if she was with them. After my Dad, Brother, Susan, Sid I had no word of where she is. At this point I was heading over to her house to pick her up and take her to Stanford. When I get to her house I noticed her truck was there and I was a little more calm thinking she was there. Yeah right. No one answered the door, no one answered their phones. I started to panic, but Susan was helping me track down Lindsay.

As you have read, Lindsay and I went to our 1st transplant support group this week. The title (of this blog) was quoted from an older gentleman who has had a double lung transplant. It made me laugh, but has true meaning to it.
I just wanted to share with you who are interested in donating your organs after you expire. The only way for Lindsay to receive her transplant is if some body passes and the donor & their family have decided to donate their organs/tissue. I know after Lindsay receives her transplant we will be so grateful for the donor's decision, and it would be nice to give some one else life after we are gone. If interested, you need to be registered at the website below. Even if you have a pink dot on your driver's licence, it may not be recorded in the registry. (It wouldn't hurt to register on the website just in case.)

Have you ever wanted to something right here and now and so bad? I have and I currently do. This process is going to be long and involved. Many things can and will happen during this time. I will learn a lot to by all the people I talk to. I went to a support group for the first time today. Yeah I felt as if I was in an AA meeting. “Hi I’m Lindsay, and I’m waiting for double lungs.” But then things got better. People began to speak about their transplants and people who are also waiting for one spoke. Each position takes a toll on you mentally and emotionally. That is what I have all of you for. Cause I’m going to need you! The one thing I am waiting for is my PFT’s to be a high number. My current PFT is 26%. Pulmonary function tests measure how well lungs take in and release air, and how well they move oxygen into the blood.

I am active as of 3:49 pm March 23, 2009 :)