Some snaps from Penn last week

On the way.... A good sign to see....

Preparing for walk test....sporting the latest in O2 sensor headband fashion...

I'm laboring for sure....O2 sats were dropping into the 80s even after they raised the O2 flow to 8...Note I would not have worn white pants had I known a white headband was going to be used...LOL....I look like a reject from the globe trotters...(whistling Sweet Georgia Brown)

Lunch...Denise and I both needed at that point!


A common site, me, vest and iPhone (bring on the iPad please...).....

Start of a new day without fasting for a change...

Waiting during day 2....

Post cardiac catheterization day 3....eating a Jelly Krimpet...


It was quite an experience for both Denise and I, and we are so glad that phase of the process is over. I was sore for a few days afterwards, had muscle aches kind of like what you get after working out for the first time in awhile. My groin is almost healed now and none the worse for wear (just a few more battle scars).

As usual after Pulmonary Functions Tests I started to feel crappy a few days later and started an antibiotic over the weekend. Working hard and inhaling and exhaling always stirs up the junk in my lungs.

It's been an odd week for me since the testing with the bad weather and not feeling quite right I have not been outside. I'm going to have to venture out again one of these days soon, but the way I see its natures fault it dropped over a foot of snow.

Now I can't wait till the 23rd to get to speak with the Doctor in person again. I have been reading allot about blood types and transplantation and it seems that not all clinics have the same protocol. So I now wonder if the person I spoke with about it at Penn had all the details correct.