WEDNEDAY @ 98 WEEKS AND DREAMING

Pysches © Josephine Wall

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I Have A Dream - Westlife

Good Morning and welcome to Wednesday and I have a dream (I have lots of them) not so much the night time dreams - you have to be asleep for those.   But I am a daydreamer, I live in hope and anticipation of what is ahead for me.

I woke this morning to this song on my Facebook page and I was thankful and felt blessed so now I share it with you.

COME DREAM A DREAM

Come dream a dream with me

Of all the things you'd like to do

Let's share the music and the laughter

And cherish friendship true.

Dream big with me and hope

That easy will our way

Come walk beside the ocean

Feel the salt sea spray.

Come dance upon the wind with me

Forgetting all our fears

We'll run and play together

Casting aside the years.

Dream strong with me and wish

That our path will be long and true

Let's climb the mountains together

And take in all the view.

Come soar with me on eagle wings

Let's forget the days of pain,

With courage take each other's hand

And onward go again.

Dream clear with me beside you

Let me wipe away your tears

A good life, a happy life

A second change at years.

© Linda J.  Vaughan

15th. November 2011

Today is a beautiful, clear, happy and ordinary day ~ and how I love those ordinary days.   I have been out in the car and spent a short time at the shops with a head full of ideas for writing.   I have one of those mini recorders and am seriously thinking of taking it out with me so that I can record my ideas and bring them home with me.  I had it for lecture notes, but a new set of batteries should see it back in working order and pressed into service.

Our weather is heating up and we have a forecast for 37 for Friday (almost 100) and then a change overnight and back to mid twenties.  We have had some really scorching long hot stretches here in Adelaide over the past few years and each time I have missed them by being in hospital.    We had a Truck carrying chocolate roll over on a main road in 44 degree heat (almost 112) and the chocolate was literally running down the gutters.  I don't like the hot weather and it can be so dangerous.

Still, today is lovely as I celebrate 98 weeks of life with "Oliver" (that's my new liver's name) and I rejoice and weep for joy.   It is 686 days and yes, I;m counting each and every sweet one of them.   A special friend has just celebrated 40 days with his new liver and is doing so well - a living, shining example of the wonder of tissue and organ donation and transplant - Congratulations Joe.

I am well into Christmas mode and have been fiddling this morning and I am covered in pink glitter and my keyboard shines - I love it.  Bling and glitter - "bling it on."

To be at this side of a transplant and feel well no way takes away the feeling and the memories of the waiting game - firstly waiting for a correct diagnosis and then waiting to be listed and that's a scary procedure in itself.   I had five full days of full on testing with appointments with every branch of the medical profession you could name.  Then I waited, wondering had I done well enough, had I passed the test, did I meet the requirements and then the relief when finally I knew I was listed.   Then of course comes the waiting for the right organ - I was blessed to only wait 8 weeks for "Oliver" and even though I rejoice I remember the sadness that my Donor's family went through.  Each milestone for me is a milestone of a much different kind for them  ~ there is never a day passes when thoughts of them don't come into my mind.

Well friends, I am off now to enjoy lunch and read a paper sent to me about another man's journey with liver disease.

I have a dream that one day the waiting will not be long and there will be enough organs as needed  - I hope, I dream and I pray for this.

Thanks for visiting the "Musings from My Heart"  a very thankful heart today.

Love and hugs,

Linda.

WEDNESDAY @ 97 WEEKS AND I AM A DREAMER.

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Beautiful Dreamer - Stephen Foster sung by Marilyn Horne

Welcome to a very warm and steamy Wednesday in my little corner of the world - there is a hot wind and my washing has been dry for ages, but I have yet to take the time and bring it in.

Today I celebrate 97 weeks of life post transplant and my days are filled with music, words and the care of friends and family.   Off to have dinner with younger daughter which will be lovely. She is cooking and I like that idea.

No a bit sure about the "beautiful bit" but dreamer I certainly am.  I really think that is half of my trouble with staying asleep because I often wake with dreams of new plans and schemes in my head.

I am sure I have the best back up and support network in the world.   I have a Transplant Support Team only a phone call or email away and if they don't know the answer they find it for me which is what happened today.   My new blood pressure medication has brought about swollen feet and a phone call quickly resolved the issue for me - I am to stop taking it and see my Doctor at the end of the month.

I am making dietary changes and have the support of friends - one of whom came in this lunchtime with a book for me

Thank you Raymond - there are some lovely recipes in the book and all promoting healthy choices and a certain brand of "cholesterol reducing spread"  - I shall certainly try some of the recipes and I am grateful for that sort of support.  Another lovely book to adorn my shelves but first of all to be read and some of the recipes implemented.  The recipes range from:

• Chili. lime and beef noodle salad
• Chicken, fennel, Orange and olive pasta
• Ricotta Veggie pies
• Smashed rosemary and garlic potatoes
• Peach crumble parfait
• Macadamia and chocolate wafers

I do dream - more so in sleep since transplant than I ever have before but I am a daydreamer and a dreamer of plans and schemes - some quite large that I have extreme doubts will ever come to fruition.  There are those gentle dreams, where with someone to inspire and encourage us, we can bring to reality.   It's when two dreamers get their heads together that everyone should watch out for the interesting times ahead. 

I was happy to speak with Adele at the Transplant unit today and to have her encouragement - life is good when a phone call brings resolution to an issue very quickly.   My other issue with the over payment of my RAA account

also had a good result with excellent service and the $747 over paid back in my account on Tuesday morning.,   Thank you Jeremy - a job well done. My bills are paid and all is well.

In my Facebook Group I am sharing so many stories that run parallel to mine and learning that things I thought peculiar to me are in fact quite common - we just don't talk about them.    Well, this group is talking and talking and talking.  They are sharing photographs of before and after transplant and we are learning to live with the limitations and to laugh at ourselves - it is a very positive experience and double so for me with the very special support of a lovely man who is only weeks out from transplant.

Time for me to check out of here and get ready for the evening - I hope your day is a good one and that on this wonderful Wednesday there is joy and laughter in your world.  I hope there is enough sunshine to chase away the shadows and that love is your companion.

Be sure that those you love know that you love them - tell them and reach out and hug them.

Thank you for listening to the "Musings from My Heart" - a dream filled heart today.

With love and hugs,

Linda.