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HOPPY EASTER & Biopsy #3

What a great weekend it was!! Saturday my mom and aunt Lo Lo went to the movies, we went to an early showing so there weren't a lot of people in the movie theaters when we went. The Sugarhouse theaters are the place to go though, they remodeled and so everything is very clean and plus they have these amazing chairs. The chairs are lazy boy reclining chairs, dead serious! Plus, I didn't take a nap this whole weekend, but I was dead tired when the clock stuck 9 o'clock.


Easter day was a nice laid back day. Watched conference with the fam bam and then had these incredible ribs that my papa made with some potato salad that Steve and I made. I am so very grateful for each person in my family, even if they are full of hair and have 4 legs or not, even though sometimes we are a little crazy. But hey, we all have our corks and that makes us who we are :)


This morning I had another biopsy, echocardiogram and clinic visit. My biopsy went great, still think the little thingy that goes into my heart and grabs a piece is really interesting. Pretty freaking cool how far technology has come though. My result was a little bit different than last time, but they told  me everything is fine. My echocardiogram went well too, my ejection fraction (how well my heart pumps my blood through my body) is 72%. A normal ejection fraction is between 50-70%. My ejection before my new heart was around 27%. Pretty big difference, huh? And last but not least my clinic visit went "2 thumbs up" good. They said my kidneys are working great, my hematocrit is 34 (normal adult women's is 38-46), my toft level is good too, so no change on my prograf one of my anti-rejection drug.


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