Hello Friends! 

The progress continues! I am off the oxygen (unless I'm going a long distance). I can walk to the car without stopping and can climb the stairs to the apartment! I even went to church today for the first time in months! I am still working on building my endurance but if the progress continues at this rate I'll be back to normal in no time. As you know, we went to Boston on Friday and there was concern about my leg maybe needing another operation. Thankfully our prayers were answered and the leg is healing as it's supposed to and there is no need for another operation! Praise the Lord! I also had my cardiac follow up. My chest xray looks the best it has in months and thr sternum is healing perfectly. I am cleared to drive, return to desk work (no back to court for another 6 weeks), ride in the front seat, and lift up to 20lbs (lifting restrictions go away completely in another 6 weeks). They were very happy with everything except my high heart rate. Thankfully it's just sinus tachycardia (normal heart rhythm just fast). They are not concerned about an underlying issue at this point as post operatively people tend to have a higher heart rate, young women have a higher heart rate, and tricuspid valve leakage can cause high heart rate. They put me on a medication to slow my heart rate. We were told that the tricuspid valve leakage was caused by the CTEPH and sometimes it rebounds and sometimes it doesn't. I have an echo scheduled for the end of August and we will know more then. In the meantime everything is going well! Physical therapy and occupational therapy have said I don't even need them. 

Specific prayer requests:
Tricuspid valve to heal on its own and not require another surgery
Continued strength and endurance building 
I would be healthy enough for a kidney transplant and it would happen quickly
Heart rate would cooperate

As always thanks for your love and prayers and I'm so happy to have such a positive report for you today!