Yearly Archives: 2009

Holiday Happenings

By amber | Published: December 29, 2009
It has been a few weeks since my last blog, so thought I would share with you the happenings of the holidays. It started on our (Leah, Travis, Rod, myself, and Hank, the 145lb Great Dane) drive to Boston from NC. We left Durham around 5pm, just after the snow began to fall. [...]
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Rejection Yet Again

By amber | Published: December 12, 2009
This past Tuesday I received a phone call from my lung transplant coordinator, Tracie. She was calling to inform me of my previous week’s bronchoscopy results. They weren’t the words I was expecting to hear, “REJECTION again.” As the pathologists’ reports indicate, it is A1 acute rejection. This summer it was [...]
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Four Years Out

By amber | Published: November 29, 2009
Today is the four year anniversary of my first lung transplant at Mass General Hospital. This day back in 2005 was a memorable, yet terrifying, exciting, sad, scary, and a very joyous occasion. I remember the night before like it was yesterday…. That weekend I had been in Maine for Thanksgiving with the Marsh [...]
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Happy Thanksgiving

By amber | Published: November 25, 2009
Can you believe it? Where has two thousand nine gone? Some of us are happy to see the year pass by, as others’ just lost track of time and are shocked Santa is already at the mall. Myself, I won’t mind to see this year end but will treasure the memories, weddings, [...]
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In Memory of…

By amber | Published: November 19, 2009
There are several people that I have met throughout this journey of Transplantation that have fought the battle, the disease, with all of their strength. Unfortunately their bodies were exhausted and were ready to rest. Their passing was devastating to us all, but their souls remain alive and their laughter will remain in our [...]
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So Much To Tell

By amber | Published: November 19, 2009
I feel like I have so much to tell you all that has happened over the past few years since I have been down here in North Carolina. Something exciting to mention: I started back to school. In October I enrolled in The Personal Training Institute (NPTI) in Raleigh. My good friend Alan [...]
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You Can Now Register

By amber | Published: November 15, 2009
You can now register yourself. Just click on the “register” button under the login area on the sidebar and you will be linked to a new page to fill in your username and password. It will then send you a confirmation email and you are then on your way. This will allow [...]
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My First Blog

By amber | Published: November 14, 2009
Hi Everyone! I am so excited to write my first blog and allow you all into my daily life. I know it has been a few years since a post has been written on this website but now with the new layout (thank you so much to Kevin Smith! You are the [...]
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