Happy Anniversary!!

Today is the third anniversary of the day that Mark got out of the hospital, after his transplant.


It's funny. You would think that Mark's transplant day would be a date I never forget. But somehow I do; according to his records it was 06/26/04. The date I never forget is the day he came home from the hospital.


There is nothing - and I mean nothing - that could have prepared me for the absolute insanity that would reign for several weeks after he got home! I mistakenly believed that things would be calm and quiet. Yeah, sure!? The medications that he had to take for months, made him a constant blur of energy.


We didn't even make it home from the hospital and Mark decided that we needed new cell phones. Which was true, but couldn't it have waited a day or two?! Nope! And that was just the beginning - he started (note I said started) at least a dozen small to large projects in the days that followed.


I think the one that drove me the most insane was his rearranging cupboards and cabinets, drawers and shelves. There are things that, to this day, I have never been able to find! So much for my idea of peace and quiet!


While exhausting at the time, I look back with such joy at those days. After all, everyone expected him to be gone by then.



God Bless!

Jules