A Great Lady

Posted on March 6, 2014 by NikkisNewLungs

Monday was great health wise but it was also a very sad day, Travis’ grandmother passed away. She was a wonderful, sweet, kind, funny, costume wearing, dancing kinda lady. She is loved by her family and her community and you were considered lucky if you knew her. Today’s funeral was a celebration of a wonderful lady’s life who requested the “chicken dance”  be played on two accordions as we walked out of the service. Grandma will be missed by many.grandmaMy lung functions are now at 62%! I still have a low white cell blood count and my drug levels are still taking a ride on a roller coaster but I am feeling wonderful. We were able to stop my one medication that is causing my white count to go low so hopefully within a week or so, improvement will be seen. I was even told I don’t need to be seen by a doctor for six whole weeks! I can’t tell you the last time I was able to go that long. I still have to have blood work taken weekly but those are fairly quick appointments. Since my transplant I still required the use of oxygen while sleeping. I was also told that after about thirteen years of sleeping with oxygen I no longer need to lug it around. We actually were able to drive our car, not our truck, up north because I didn’t have so many medical machines taking up space.

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8 Responses to A Great Lady

  1. Peggy Lubeck's avatar Peggy Lubeck says:
    March 6, 2014 at 10:51 pm

    My sincere sympathy to Travis and Nikki for the loss of your grandma. She was a lovely lady. Glad that you are doing so well.

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  2. Annie's avatar Annie says:
    March 6, 2014 at 10:51 pm

    So sorry to hear about Trav’s grandma’s passing. But so happy to hear that you’re continuing to improve! Woohoo!

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  3. llonda's avatar llonda says:
    March 7, 2014 at 9:00 am

    Yeah! So much great medical news!!!

    So sorry to hear about Grandma. 😦

    Llonda

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  4. Ellen Pasch's avatar Ellen Pasch says:
    March 10, 2014 at 8:54 am

    Hi Nikki! So glad that you continue to make such wonderful progress. My deepest sympathy to you, Travis and the family. I love this saying by Sufi – “When the heart grieves over what it has lost, the spirit rejoices over what it has left.” Sufi
    You surely have wonderful memories of Grandma – blessed be her memory. Love & Hugs,

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