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Brett:

My prayers are with you and your family. I am glad to still see your humor in your writing. My son, (Kaleb - 6 yrs old) is now asking a lot of questions about dying. Children are so blunt, he can easily bring me to tears. But I also feel his pain with the questions and the look in his eyes. He is always trying to comfort me and telling me that everything will be o.k. and I love his spirit. I would say that my children are the hardest part of terminal illness, but I worry about everyone that I will be leaving behind. I have been the "center post" for my family and I do not think anyone wants to take my place when I am gone. I have learned through all of this that watching others trying to fill my shoes is impossible for me. I am a perfectionist (to my own demise at times) and I am short tempered with those around me that try to do the things I used to do before I became ill. My only resolve

to this is to be thankful that they try.

I love seeing the pictures of your little girl! I am sure you and your wife are very proud parents and she is one lucky little girl.

God Bless,

Tina

IFP 4/07 PH 11/07 - listed for transplant 6/08

Tina

From: Sher Bauman <bofus (AT) wbcable (DOT) net>Subject: Re: News from the homefrontTo: Breathe-Support@ yahoogroups. comDate: Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 1:50 PM

Caro...guess God changed His mind about sending the little one onward.

But now you know and can relax a bit from worrying. Easier said than done huh.

Keep us posted on results and your son too.

MamaSher, age 70. IPF 3-06, OR. NasturtiumsDon't fret about tomorrow, God is already there!

News from the homefront

Hi all,Don't have a lot of news but do have a bit. My daughter ended up losing the baby. Actually, the way the doctor explained it, there may or may not have ever been a baby, who knows? Anyway I think my daughter is handling it fairly well. After losing a child to miscarriage myself 20 some odd years ago, I never wanted her to go through this, but she is scheduled for D and C Friday and the doc said should be no problem at all with her getting pregnant again whenever she felt like trying so she is okay with that.I went to the hospital this morning for stress 2-D echo. The tech said my pressures were high for a "normal person (HUH??? I am ABBY-NORMAL, ya know? HEE HEE!!), but that they were okay for a person with my lung disease. Then she asked me did the doctor say he wanted them to "stress me?" I told her no, but that I did tell him I get more short of breath with any type of activity. She asked me how long does it take me to get short of breath? I told her less than 5 minutes. She sent me packing down the hall for a walk until I got short of breath. Took about 2-1/2 minutes. Then she ran me back in and told me to jump on the table

so they could get the measurement quickly while my heart rate was up. Wow, that machine was pumping fast!! She said it is supposed to be faster after exercise. She never did tell me what my pressures were AFTER exercise, so I guess I will have to wait to find out on that one. That is all I know so far. I called the GYN clinic this morning to see if my Pap smear results were back yet from a week and a half ago, but they have not called back yet. Hopefully they will call me today.We got a little bit of sleet and ice here this morning, but nothing like

they were predicting, mostly just cold and rain. It is about 38 here now and that is supposed to be the high for today. Is supposed to be 55 and sunny, though for the SuperBowl on Sunday!! All my family are pulling for Arizona (we usually go for the underdogs)!! I like to watch all the new commercials! !Hope you all have a great day!!Caro

Brett Bowser

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