Dear Friends,
Molly has a quote that accompanies her email messages: "Don't miss the beauty of your life by lusting after a mythical, perfect one." Words to live by. No point in a woe-is-me attitude during this challenge.
And so we reach the final day of preparations. Just a couple of hours of dialysis later. Several visitors expected today including my colleague, Daniel Crawford, and my former student and mentee, Elizabeth Spencer. Molly and her partner, Irene, arrive late this afternoon/early evening. We're planning to get together.
Another day of liquid food. I guess I never realized how we are inundated by ads for food. I did appreciate how even a little hunger can be a distraction and impediment to feeling good and performing your best. Makes me want to commit even more to eradicating hunger, especially with kids.
Medical curiosity: I have always been CMV (cytomegalovirus) negative and I know because I donate blood and the blood bank is always calling me (also O+). Now suddenly, I have converted to CMV positive. Possibilities are that it is a false positive; it was a latent infection that was unmasked as my immune system was moderated or I've been very recently infected. Anyway, no big deal. I just have to take antivirals for a while after the transplant. I think my days of donating blood are over with anyway. Too bad.
After my post today, I will be signing off for a couple of days. Diego Troya might post to this blog, but otherwise, his email is troya@vt.edu. Mom's cell phone number is (925) 451-9929. I have really appreciated all of the support that I have received and I also have to commend the UVa hospital staff for taking such good care of me.
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