DAY THREE OF MY FIRST ANNIVERSARY POST KIDNEY TRANSPLANT EVALUATION @ THE MAYO CLINIC HOSPITAL ARIZONA..........

As my third and final day of this first annual post transplant evaluation begins, I was able to stay in bed this morning until 6:30 am !!!, and actually have the complimentary Hampton Inn breakfast, the entree of which today is mexican flavored scrambled eggs, and tortillas. The previous two times during the past year I underwent this blood pressure monitoring procedure, it was for only six to eight hours duration. This has been a twenty four hour monitoring, which put sleeping last night at a premium. After watching television, telephoning, reading, and praying, and the monitoring cuff inflating every twenty minutes or less, until 12 midnight, - I was fully awake until 2:30 am , adjusting to sleeping with it. From 12 midnight until 8 am, the cuff inflated hourly, so that from 2:30 -6:30 am, I was able to sleep for upwards of an hour at a time. I will be taking the hotel shuttle to the Mayo Clinic Hospital AT 9:15 am, to drop off the bp monitor, only to return to the hotel to pack, and then shuttle back for my final Evaluation appointment, at 1 pm, with my transplant pal from last year, Physician Assistant Jason Bodner, for the summary review meeting. Then I will come backl to the Hampton to retrieve my carry-on bag and take a taxi to Goldwater International Airport, for my 5:55 pm flight to Sacramento. After what I look forward to being a very good night's sleep in my own bed, I shall celebrate the 8 am Friday Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes, and spend Friday and Saturday battening down the hatches, make Sunday's liturgical preparations, hear the 4 pm Saturday Confessions, and preside at the 5 pm Saturday Vigil Mass. I hope you have enjoyed this blogging regarding my three days in Phoenix / Scottsdale and the assessment experience of the one year mark since my kidney transplant. Thanks for reading and for your continuing support and prayers..........Lovingly And Gratefully Yours, Troy