This is how cheery we looked as the Tuesday morning wait began in the cath lab holding room. Vernon was prepped with a IV into his right arm and connected to a blood pressure monitor. Our heart transplant friend, Ozzy, took this for us. He lives in Orlando and had driven a friend of his to Shands for biopsy who was transplanted Dec. 25, 2007. Two other people we are acquainted with were there for biopsy, also. You already know from my the previous entry that Vernon waited much longer than usual for his turn.We learned on Thursday the really good news that the biopsy showed ZERO rejection of his heart. The other tests that were done that day also showed his heart functioning very well and no problems with it. (EKG, echocardiogram, chest x-ray)
Vernon fell asleep when he was returned to the cath lab holding room after the heart biopsy. He had two hours to lay flat and sleeping was the best way to pass the time. I sat beside him and read a book written by one of our heart transplant friends, Howie Bolton.
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