Bill is finally showing signs of improvement as far as his cold goes. The Benadryl and Musinex have been working. He's sleeping better at night and coughing less. Today his sinuses have not drained as much either.

His PT is going well and he has a consult for OT next week. When they called with that appointment he got rather upset thinking they were coming up with other ways to just keep us here forever. He had not had a mood swing like that since last week. Again just refusing to discuss it past a certain point worked and he finally worked himself out of it. I did remind him that this was his decision to have the transplant and that he agreed before that he would comply with all of the requirements. Sadly, he doesn't remember that, as he doesn't remember a lot of what has happened. Maybe that will come back but I doubt it.

Today was laundry day since there was no therapy and Bill's therapy was folding clothes. Didn't do a great job but it's his underclothes and socks. But, he gave it a good try. He then put the pillowcases on the pillows so he got a little work-out. We also took a couple of small walks to the mailbox and back. It was too hot to do much more than that, but he walked for the amount of time they wanted him to walk.

Since there's not much going on with us as far as day to day goes, I'm going to just throw some things out to you. Several people have asked if we knew how much everything has cost. We finally got a statement today that covers the transplant. I got online and looked up all of the statements and added them together. The grand total so far is $1,203,784.40. We have paid less than $1000 and do have a balance, but I'm waiting on some EOBs to see why Tri-care didn't pay on them. One good thing about the new healthcare law is that lifetime caps were lifted. Otherwise we would be looking at a huge balance. We are also fortunate to have the Tri-care. Between Medicare and Tricare we have paid very little. So, if you hear of a fundraiser for someone needing a transplant, most likely their insurance isn't going to cover everything. Give if you can.

I was also looking at the invoice for his medications. Our co-pay monthly for those is $36.02. Medicare and Tricare pay 100% for the anti-rejection meds. If we had to pay for the meds it would cost $908.93 per month for a yearly total of $10,907.16. That is more than a lot of people live on per year. Another reason to be thankful that we have the insurance coverage we have.

OK, off my soapbox about the cost of transplants. I hope everyone has a good Labor Day holiday. Monday we will celebrate our 22nd anniversary. Each anniversary is special, but this one is especially so. All for tonight!