Can you believe that they actually took 17 vials of blood! Some of the vials were put on ice and others were wrapped in foil. Pete was impressed with the blood lab.
Next the ECG, which was quick and just fine.
At this point we already met with the dietitian and I'm glad that she figured Pete had a pretty good diet!!!
We
had a nice visit with Dr. Kapasi. He asked a lot of questions and he
too feels that it's time for Pete to proceed with the transplant. Then we had a long visit with the social worker. She covered a lot of things, from fiances, drug coverage, accommodations, travel, etc. Just making sure that all bases are covered. We had already filled out all sorts of papers for her. We have to be prepared for things like two drugs that Pete might need which are $3000.00 each per month! Hard to fathom that they can be so expensive.
We met with the lung transplant coordinator Marianne and she basically did teaching regarding the transplantation. Very friendly woman.
We were done at 3.00 pm and then Pete finally got coffee and food.
Time for a major snooze after a day of information overload. But still, a good day.
The roads are getting a little nasty, so we'll head our early again tomorrow.*
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