Today was an easier day, but still busy.

We neither one slept well last night and I still had my headache when I woke up. Our meeting with the financial advisor was short and sweet. They will accept the Medicare assignment as payment in full for most things and Tri-care For Life will pick up the rest. Tri-care will also save us thousands of dollars each month for medications. We are so very fortunate in that respect.

We also met with the surgeon this afternoon. He does not really recommend using the heart pump. He said that because the "drive line" is outside the body and has more of a chance of infection. Bill has really been considering the pump since it would mean a shorter stay in Jacksonville and that surgery can be scheduled. But, the doctor is an organ transplant surgeon so, to my mind, of course he would prefer to transplant the organ instead of a mechanical assist device. We're still going to see what Dr. Yip has to say about it and we don't see him until Monday afternoon after all the tests have been done.

After all of the appointments and consults, the case will be presented to the transplant committee which meets every Thursday. Dr. Agnew, the surgeon, felt that Bill would be presented next week.

We are both looking forward to the weekend so we can sleep in a little. We're going to see if we can look at some condos and I've been doing a lot of online research for those. Needing one fully furnished with utilities included is a long process. But, until we really know when we will need it we can't make a decision. I've noticed that we are both getting a little testy with each other, but it's all due to being with each other 24/7 and being so busy. At least we recognize that we are tired and we are trying to give each other some space. Not really easy to do in a hotel room!

All for tonight. We have to be there at 7:30 in the morning for labs and the last test isn't scheduled until 4. But, then we have 2 days of r & r!

More tomorrow!