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Amber’s Back At Home

By Laurie | Published: July 17, 2007
Hi Everyone! Amber got out of the hospital on Sunday and is resting quietly at home. As Leah said in her update, they were able to do the surgery laparoscopically, so she will recover faster. She is still very sore and trying to deal with new eating habits and a “new” stomach (at least it works [...]
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Back To Boston

By Laurie | Published: April 24, 2007
It’s been a long seven months, five of them here in North Carolina, but finally Amber is healthy and happy. She still has some obstacles to overcome and her health will always be an issue, but she now has new lungs that work perfectly so that she can live, and have a good foundation on [...]
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Amber Is Doing Great!

By Laurie | Published: March 8, 2007
Hi Everyone! After 70 days in the hospital, 21 of them post-transplant, Amber was finally discharged last Sturday. Sorry for the gap in updates, but things were hectic with medication and equipment deliveries, new schedueling, and sheer fatigue. She was in a week longer than normal because her right lung would not stay inflated off of [...]
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Hi Ya’ll

By Laurie | Published: January 7, 2007
Hello friends!! I’ve been pretty busy lately, so I haven’t written on this forum yet. We’ve had the good fortune of my sister Susie being here and keeping you all abreast of the journey we’ve been on. She will be back here in N.C. next Sunday, but until then hopefully I can fill in. Amber was [...]
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Home For Christmas

By Laurie | Published: December 23, 2005
We couldn’t believe it when Dr. Ginns came into Amber’s room today and said that Dr. Wain was so impressed today with her bronchoscopy, done this morning, that she could go home! He said that Amber is way ahead of the usual healing process. The home health care team spent the better part of the [...]
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Messages, Thoughts & Prayers

By Laurie | Published: December 2, 2005
Hello everyone! This is my first chance to visit this incredible forum that Scott had provided us all with to keep in touch. Thank you so much Scott!!! Also thanks to Mackenzie and my sister Susie for their efforts to keep you all abreast of what’s going on here at the hospital. I want to thank [...]
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