Last night, my parents and I stayed overnight at Tiverton House. Since I get seven nights free post-transplant, I may as well use them. We shared a dual double room. It was a bit crowded but it was only for one night. No way we could have done that for two weeks.
We got basically the same room I had the night before the transplant surgery, except it was on the second floor instead of third. They were still serving breakfast which consisted of a bag of either cereal and bagel/bread, cartons of milk or yogurt, a fruit cup, and some coffee/tea. Since I had to leave for my appointment, I grabbed a bag, took the bagel and cream cheese, and left the rest for later. The schedule was a bit rushed today since I had an ultrasound scheduled in between my labs and the clinic appointment. Everything got done to schedule so I was finished by about 10:30 am. Labs showed marginal improvement and there were very small adjustments to medication dosage.
The ultrasound was a totally different matter. I’ll probably create a separate post about it later.
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The social worker assigned to my recovery just reserved a room for me for Thursday night. That is two out of seven nights used.
I saw online that you can donate to Tiverton House since one of their missions is to provide free/affordable housing for patients at the UCLA Medical Center. Since I am getting my rooms for free even though I can afford the room rate or I can drive same-day, I think I will consider5 a donation to help out other patients.
Life with chronic diseases 