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Dear Rhonda, Sheila and others, Thank you so much for your concern! I am slowly gaining strength and expecting the best! In fact, my husband and I are leaving tomorrow morning in our new 21 ft. Roadtrek RV to drive up to Utah for a family reunion! I am nervous because we will be going as high in altitude as 7000ft.+, though the reunion is at 5000ft. This will be my first test of whether the open heart surgery has really made a difference. I will take oxygen just in case but my hope is that I won't need it. It is a little early, a couple more weeks would be better, but the reunion is scheduled for this weekend, and we have decided to go for it. The doctors gave rather hesitant approval, so I have to show them I can do it! My daughter appreciated all the information you all gave and plans to check it out, but right now she is excited about just getting a new job with YellowBook and is now at a plush hotel for 2 weeks of training. The information you posted really helped me to check some things out for her and I feel much more hopeful now. I didn't tell you that on top of her own health problems she is taking care of her daughter (age 30) who has been on daily dialisis (spelling?) and has no working kidneys. So my problems pale beside hers! (And many of yours!) Truly we must be Amazon warriors to handle all life has thrown at us! As I read the posts on this site I see all of you growing in strength and capacity to love and care for one another. What an inspiration! My mom used to say when things seemed tough, "Well, there's just this life and one more!" I never asked her exactly what she meant by that but I got the sense this was the tough life and she expected better in the next! Thank you all for your love and concern. I will let you know how the trip turns out and am grateful for your thoughts and prayers. Hugs, Tricia
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