• First stop, labs! The tech got me on the first poke and that NEVER happens AND she got all 12 tubes from the same vein which doesn't always happen. WOO HOO - the day was off to a great start!
• Next stop, cardiac MRI! My nurse (Betsy) was a doll! She read in my chart that I was not an easy on to get an IV in so she said, "I am good at it, but not great so I am giving up before I even start and calling the IV Team". Another win for me because they normally always want to try once before them call the IV Team but they ALWAYS and I mean ALWAYS miss. I have had the same MRI Tech since my transplant (Heidi) - she is a riot and I love seeing her! I was so excited to eat when my MRI was over because I had been fasting since 8:00pm  the night before that once they took out my IV and I got dressed, I tore off my wristband and I was ready to ditch out. 
• However, I forgot that I had to get a chest x-ray and they caught me before I escaped and had to go through the rigmarole of printing a new wristband for a 3 minute chest x-ray. 😂 OOPS!
• After a break for lunch, I saw my Dr. Alexy in the afternoon. I wish every single one of you could meet my Dr. Alexy - he is not only an amazing doctor but an amazing human! I love that he spends time each year checking up on my life, what I have been up to, asks about the kids and genuinely cares about me not only as a patient but as a person. He looked at my several times throughout the visit and said, "I just can't get over how good you look.".  He told me that my story, recovery and progress is so inspiring and makes the whole cardiac team there so happy and proud! Between my time at the U of M hospital following my cardiac arrest in 2018 and my transplant in 2019 - pretty much every doctor on the cardiac team has cared for me to some extent even though I don't remember some of them. I am so blessed that God put me in the care of these amazing physician's! 
• Now for the results: my labs were GREAT! Everything was within normal range which NEVER happens. My kidney numbers are always a bit high but that is due to the hit my kidneys took following my cardiac arrest. They actually bounced back quite nicely after that but not all the way. The anti-rejection meds can also affect the kidneys a bit but obviously I have to take those. My MRI was perfect - no change from 2 years ago! My check x-ray was good as well - that they are checking for there is too make sure that my wires are still intact from the surgery. Dr. says, I don't know what you are doing, but keep in doing it because it's working amazingly!
• It was a great day!

Moving forward, I will have labs every 6 months and continue my annual visits in January. I will need to visit the cath lab every other year for an angiogram moving forward.