Life for the past 5 years has been AWESOME! Just 5 years and 1 week ago, my little family's life changed into a fairytale. Graham, who has Cystic Fibrosis, received a double lung transplant. He had a rough surgery, and fought hard as hell through a year of recovery, but he made it. And there was not 1 day that either of us, especially Graham, took for granted. We were constantly going, not going to let one experience or one memory making event, pass us up. We knew we had a time limit, and we were going to make sure Jordan, our daughter, remembered her father in a good, healthy light.
And now it seems our time is up, but I'm a little selfish, I want it to keep going. It has been way too good. We have more things we want to do - Disney World, Scotland, Jordan's first deer, Graham finally shooting a deer bigger than mine (I don't care if this one happens)...then there is the simpler bucket list items - Jordan's first car, graduation, having her father walk her down the aisle...
Two months ago, Graham was running up and down the soccer field. Today, he is in the hospital, having to wear a mask for oxygen, fighting for his life again. They call it...in rejection. His body is rejecting the lungs that have given us a life we never knew possible.
I am returning to blog to keep those who want to be kept informed, informed. I am also writing to help me get things out of my mind. I like to write, it is very therapeutic for me. And I find that when I write, I stop talking to myself AND I can edit without stuttering through a conversation. You might find out way more than you ever wanted to know about my family and me. I'm so sorry. I do want to write about the good and the bad of this life changing experience we are about to go on.
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