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The Recovery

So everyone thought the wait for an organ, a second chance, was difficult.  And don't get me wrong, it is/was.  But the road to recovery, once you have that gift, is sometimes just as hard if not worse. Now, everyone's story is different.  Some people wait a short time, always feeling OK for them while they wait and the post time is horrible.  Then you have people who wait a REALLY long time, lets say maybe 1008 days, and the first few weeks are really good but there is a HUGE adjustment curve. Now, as I say that, Eric is still doing great.  And he so far is ahead of the curve, but the medicine that will be on board, to essentially save his life and preserve his heart, are not a walk in the park. They have an amazing purpose, to help his body accept and not fight the new heart.  But the down side of them, is they are really hard on the body, lowering his immune system, to keep his body from rejecting the heart. And when I say hard, I mean hard.  Gu...