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Mikealpha1

Thoughts: started July, 2010. Listed July, 2007, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit. Listed Integris Baptist Medical Center, OK City, September, 2009. Transplanted February, 2011.

Another piece to the puzzle.

Jan 31 2012

I've always been confused as to whether I was ICU or a regular room the day they found my liver (Feb. 15, 2011). Well, today I was browsing photos on my phone and discovered that they wereboth time and day stamped. Two were dated Feb. 15. The one at 8 something in the morning I took as a view from my bed. It looked out at the ICU nurses station. Another one at 12:52 was me eating the only solid food I had had since Feb. 4th. This photo was definitely in a regular room. So I was moved sometime that morning. Now some of the scenes make more sense.

Note that I was eating lunch at 12:52 and they took me in to surgery at 2 something the next morning.

Previous diary posts by mikealpha1:

The day of "the call" Feb 15, 2011.
Profile Picture
My first Thnaksgiving.
Lab Results
What else does a transplant mean.

Do you have to be so happy?
Cirrhosis a Disease?
Work!!!!
Lasix trial
Seven Months Check-up

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written by ruth8890, February 01, 2012

Mike - so glad you added this to your diary. Please keep updating as you remember things. My hobby is photography and what a great "Medical" reason to take pictures. What a blessing that you have those particular pictures saved so some more pieces of the puzzle fall better in place. I remember being in the hospital and for 5 days and all I could have was broth. Not even a cracker. Ice chips - not even a glass of water. Yet now it seems like such a far memory. As always, love it when you post! Ru