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Sign In to Show Your SupportWe've spent the past couple of days tracking down doctors and nurses with candy and cards to say thank you (do you know how many nurses and doctors that is?!?🙃). The hardest thank you note to write was to my lung surgeon, Dr. Haney.
I couldn't think of anything to tell him that expressed how much I owed him. How thankful I was for him. There are no Hallmark cards for someone who pries open your chest and swaps things around (and none for someone saving your life). Finally, I settled on part of a journal entry written in the year before transplant. I think it sums up this whole experience or at least reminds me of the "why" in why I did this. I was dying. Slowly at first, but faster all the time. I had no quality of life. Now, thanks to my donor, my doctors, and a billion prayers and positive vibes, I get to go home. Noooooooo rejection!!!!! I'm coming home!