Day 2 down. Although it was long, it was easier than yesterday. All "talking" appointments. The most invasive thing was blood pressure and listening to the heart. We saw lots of friends on the nursing staff, housekeepers and other staff members. Stephanie told us she had been hearing "Haven sightings" all day!

Dr. Hosenpud was very pleased at how Bill was doing and told him to increase his exercise. He did admit that he was very concerned about his survival after the transplant, but of course he wouldn't have admitted that last year unless there was no hope at all.

The nurses introduced him to a patient waiting for transplant as the miracle man. The patient said she knew there was something special about him when she saw his smile!

The only glitch in the day was the news that he has developed some osteoporosis in his right hip. But, he's going to be started on Fosomax to help that. This is basically a side effect of one of his anti-rejection meds. It could also be because of age, so with those two factors it's understandable.

The heart cath is tomorrow and he will only have to lay flat for 2 hours instead of the 8 Memphis does. Since Bill is allergic to the cath dye I have to premedicate him with some Prednisone, Benadryl and Zantac. I have everything except for the Zantac so will need to go pick some up. Stephanie also said we could actually head home tomorrow if we wanted. But, since we have the room for tomorrow night and will have to be up extremely early tomorrow, we're going to wait until Thursday as originally planned. And, if for some reason we need to be here after we've headed for home, we'll turn around and head back.

The weather was gorgeous today, pleasant temps and sunny for the most part. A little wind kicked up this afternoon that had a little chill to it, but still a good day.

After we pick up the Zantac and something to eat, we'll be in for the night, unless we can see Abner and Faith. We're still playing that by ear. With me not feeling well yesterday and Faith not feeling well Sunday, we still haven't managed to get together.

Another update after the heart cath tomorrow.