Wednesday's Report

Hi everyone,

So today's biggest challenge was that the internet at the hotel was down so we were reduced to dial-up. Remember that noise? I had forgotten it. Apparently, we were the only folks in the hotel who actually remembered that there even WAS dial up. Vince even remembered to pack a phone cord, so that is what we are doing.

Today was pretty ok. We took a little drive around Rochester in our rent a car, had lunch in a restaurant and came back to the hotel to visit with Pamela, a resident of the Twin Cities who had a valve replacement by Dr. Dearani a month ago. Pamela has a blog on this server called thehartchronicles.blogspot.com and I found her through my obsessive reading of various heart websites in preparation for this event.

That's about it. Still really weak. I feel pretty ok when sitting and resting, but like a rag doll when walking around. Hopefully this will soon improve. Thanks to my friend Laura (Eatwell from the HCMA) who is a dietician, I have been eating lots of iron containing foods before the surgery, so now, I won't eat anything unless it is on the iron containing list and is also low salt. Ahhh, I long for the days when I was just obsessed with fat grams.

Oh well, until tomorrow....

Cynthia