FATHER TROY's TRANSPLANT JOURNAL...DAY 2 OUT OF THE HOSPITAL.........

It is Day 5, post transplant and my convalescence proceeds with some pain, but not as much as I was expecting. I am interspersing extra strength tylenol into the mix during the day and taking the percocet prescription only overnight, as of today. This is recommended by my Mayo Clinic Transplant Coordinator. I am still mostly resting and urinating, but took a brief walk earlier and will walk about again later. My sister Alice, will be bringing me Holy Communion from St. Bernadette's Church in about a half hour, before my evening anti rejection drugs, insulin, and dinner. It has been a relatively good day, made better by 2 phone calls. My Indianapolis seminary classmate, Father Dan Donohoo, called to check up on me and Father Oliver Maher held a Walk Down Memory Lane Dinner Party at the Cathedral presbytery in Kilkenny, tonight with our usual suspects, and I spoke with those present, Oliver, Brigid Mullins, Ger and; Kev Butler, Dr. Fr. Dermot Ryan, and Father Dan Bollard. What a joy it was to chat with them on this other side of my kidney transplant. Tomorrow brings my first return visit to the Mayo Clinic for fasting labs and tests at 7 a.m. More Soon. Love, Prayers, + Gratitude,.........Fr. Troy