Last Thursday was a celebration. An anniversary celebration to commemorate 25 years of improving and extending lives at LifeSouce. It was an inspiring and emotional evening. Travis, Dana, and I were proud to be able to attend this extraordinary event.

For 25 years, the amazing organization LifeSource has not only enhanced and saved lives through organ, tissue, and eye donation but they have also comforted grieving families during the time of a loved ones passing. When families are going through one of the darkest moments of their lives, LifeSource has been there to add care, comfort and hope.

The night was also a celebration of LifeSouce’s new headquarters and memorial garden being created in Minneapolis. We were able to get a sneak peek of the creation. It is an incredible new home. Here is an article from the Star Tribune written last year.

One of the speakers for the evening happened to be the proud parents of my good little friend, Grace. If you recall back in 2012 I visited Grace in the hospital a few times while she was waiting for a heart transplant. It just happened to be that last Thursday, October 23rd, was the two year anniversary of Grace receiving her new heart. It is wonderful to see Grace and her family enjoying life. I was shocked to see Grace running around all over the place. The last time I saw her she was confined to the hospital. She spent 445 days in the hospital and now she is six years old and spending her days in her 1st grade classroom!

Mom, Dad, sister Olivia, and Grace looking up at her dad

Grace & me waiting for transplants in April 2012

I am grateful to all the loving people that are part of the LifeSource family. Without the passionate individuals that support donation and transplantation, neither Grace nor I would be living today. Thank you everyone at LifeSource, you are truly “Building More Tomorrows”.

Friday, Travis and I went for a final boat ride of the year and captured an amazing photo of the sunset from the water. After the sun went down we met up with a couple of friends at the LynLake Brewery. Friends of ours opened up the brewery a few weeks ago. Although they don’t have a kitchen, you can order food from neighboring restaurants and they will deliver it right to your table! The added bonus, the delivery people are wearing super hero outfits. If you like beer, please check out the new hot spot of Uptown. Saturday, we stopped by our neighbors for a little get together and then Travis and I were off to the Wild hockey game. Trav’s dad and stepmom gave us the tickets. The Wild won 7 to 2!Then Sunday, we attended a benefit for a friend. He has been out of work for a few months and has another surgery this coming Wednesday. He is a wonderful man and it was nice to see so many people supporting him.

With all that being said for my weekend, it is time for a health report. Last Friday I had lung functions again and unfortunately they dropped back down a bit. I received a call later that night asking me to come back on Monday to be seen by one of my doctors. Yesterday at my appointment, we came up with a plan of attack. Along with the nebulized medication I am already taking, we added an inhaler, an antibiotic, and a pill to help with allergies.

My X-Ray looked good and I have been feeling great. Otherwise I wouldn’t have had such a full schedule of events. Whatever virus both Travis and I contracted over a month ago is lingering. Travis is also still coughing. Hopefully all the medication will get me through this bug that keeps on bugging. If things don’t improve at my next doctors appointment I have scheduled in the middle of November, we will most likely have to schedule a bronchoscopy. We will cross that path if we get there. For now, I will keep exercising and trying to keep these new pretty pink lungs happy 🙂