Arrival Day

Our first day of visits at SCCA is over. We are back at the room and will soon get some dinner ready. Before we do that we thought we'd let you all know what happened at the clinic.

Registration - get in the system correctly, receive patient number, get packet for medical history (to fill out before next appointment).

Blood Draw - 12 vials today.

Lunch - back at our room.

Physical Exam - discuss history and present health conditions.

Nurse Visit - more personal health discussion, vitals, tour of the 6th floor, discuss schedule.

Lab Work - 

Chest  X-Ray -

Lab results:
Reds = 3.94(L)
Whites = 2.98(L)
Platelets = 49(L)
Neutrophils = .72(L)

We will have more results from the testing tomorrow.
Tomorrow's appointments include a visit with the financial rep, visit with the social worker,  an EKG,  and the Arrival Conference meeting with the doctor.

Last transplant we were on the orange team, but this time we are on the tan team.  This really doesn't mean much except that it tells us who cares for us (since there are so many doctors and nurses and others who help us).
Last transplant our team nurse was Eileen - we really liked her. She was our only help that stayed with us thru the whole thing.  She is suffering with brain cancer right now and not working.  Our team nurse this time is Pat.  We are quite sure that we are going to like her too.

We've got some paper work to read and sign - two binders full, so we better get reading ...

Oh, one more thing we learned today - our donor is a 38 year old female from Europe. That is the only thing we know about her.

Hey, maybe Terry will begin to like the colors of our new bathroom!  ;)