The Apples of Idunn... Dustin

Anna is in the room next door. We saw Dale briefly and I will  be given the task to be up and walking a bit later. Hopefully, I will be able to stumble by. A bit of lucidity has returned as the antibiotics have begun to wear off. I am peeing like crazy and my creatinine has already dropped a point (and now another)! This is unofficial; but Idunn is working! Idunn?

Idunn was the Norse god of health and her gifts kept those beings immortal in the Northman’s myth.  So, it seemed a fitting name for Anna’s gift…. although I still dig “Arkay.” Official word will be the doctors to give in a few hours. 

Going into this procedure,  I had wanted to still virtually attend my HPI Coaching Skills call last night. I thought would be powerful. It would have been selfish. I was in no cognitive state to serve as a good partner during the breakout portion. The make-up procedure is a lot more work, but the course is superb and thus worth the effort. My clients are worth the effort.

I was interrupted from writing this by the ultrasound tech coming to check blood  flow and function of the transplant. “Impressive,” is what he said… twice. One of the primary things he was looking at was the resistance to blood flow from Idunn. We want low resistance and we got it! We were at 0.58 and 8.0 is where issues begin. She lit up, full of blood. 

That other “impressive” remark was at him not having to navigate around bandages, dressings and staples. The surgeons were able to glue the incision site. I guess becoming a smaller animal had its uses. It feels like I can go back to sleep, now… so I will.