Friday Is Bronchday II

because nothing starts the weekend off right like an afternoon bronchoscopy, Friday is Bronchday.

so this time, the bronchoscopy (#4 since transplant, in case you're counting) was supposed to be at 2:30. which sounds nice until you consider that the patient must fast starting at midnight the night before. 2:30 being what it is, i cheated slightly and took my morning meds with 6oz of black coffee. harmless.

so i planned to be at the hospital to check in around 12:30, though i had received no call the night before to confirm. well, at 11a, dad got a call at home from the interventional pulmonology folks to tell me that they had been expecting me at 10:30. so mom and i scrambled to get out the door, and i checked in about 11:20. good thing, too, because then i had to wait 3.5 hours until the procedure. (that brings my total for the week to 8.5 hours in hospital waiting rooms. [it could be worse, jim, i know.])

but in the end, the bronch went as well as could be. they removed the stent, and the dehiscence in the left anastomosis had healed well enough that they did not have to put another stent in. so good news that things are healing and good news that i wont have to undergo another bronch for 6 weeks or so, provided no more bumps in the road. while they were in there, they cleaned up a few secretions and whatnot, but nothing major. so the dehiscence is healed and the lungs look nice and clean.

good thing i shaved off the beard last weekend.

so on to the weekend: a little housewarming party at my cousin's this afternoon (and the house will be warm: heat index to 110 here in philly today), and then some long awaited visitors on sunday.

for now, it's back to my coffee.