Next week is my five-year heart transplant anniversary! My Heartiversary!
On October 4, 2018, I received the call from Vanderbilt University Medical Center telling me they had a heart that was a match for me. We went straight to the hospital around noon, and they set me up in a room. After we filled out the pre-surgery paperwork and did all the necessary prep, we waited until late in the evening of October 5 for the surgery to begin. The surgery was not finished until early in the morning of October 6. I celebrate my transplant date as October 6 because that’s the day I began life with this new heart.
Tomorrow, we will be traveling to Nashville for my five-year checkup with Vanderbilt this week, and I will not be posting on my blog because I will be cruising down the highway with my favorite guy. Gidget McFidget will join us on a visit to her old stomping grounds.
Wish me luck on my tests, and I will think of all of you while I’m eating some Nashville Hot Chicken.
Dawn Levitt, Author 