RE: Re: Vent- Waiting for The Call

February 4, 2008

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I am in the same situation and try as I might to be upbeat and

positive, each day without a call gets a little harder.

Please, be happy you have this extra time. Waiting isn’t that hard…..if

you spend your time the right way.

Is your house/apartment clean enough? Will it pass the mother-in-law

test? Can your bills, houseplants

and laundry go long enough without being done? Do you have the pantry stocked for when

you come home? (Enough house

cleaning products, soap, pop, soup etc.) Has your car been checked? It’s going to sit for quite a

while, make sure you have a full tank of gas. Do you have any thank you cards on hand?

You might need some. What about

cards you might need to send to someone else (check your calendar, you’re

not going to be able to go shopping for a while.) Is there a special place you like to

go? Make a visit, you might not get

back there for a while. Did you

take dog/cat/cow/horse in for a check up?

We planned on being gone a month max – it was 3 months – are

you ready for that? When you’ve

got all this done, please just sit back and relax. Timing is everything!! If you’re waiting, there very well

may be a reason why. Trust in

it. The call will come before you

know it and you’ll be saying why was I so darn anxious?

Barb in Texas - Together in the Fight, Whatever it

Takes!

Son Ken (33) UC 91 - PSC 99 - Tx 6/21 & 6/30/07 @ Baylor in Dallas

February 4, 2008

I agree, waiting gets harder and harder, especially when you meet

people (nurses in my infusion centre who should know better) who ask how it

went and how well I look! Well Duh, they should know you just can’t book

in and have a transplant whenever you feel the need!

It’s worse than pregnancy (and I wasn’t very good at

waiting for that to end either), but at least you know that by a certain date

it will all be over!

Thanks Barb, I’ll try to clean the house more, and shop

more, I just run out of energy so easily now.

Penny T (in Australia where livers are just as rare!)

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