Time Flies When You're Having Fun!

I just realized that I haven't updated since my 7 year anniversary in February!  And here it is nearly June!  Yep...time flies!

Annual heart cath and tests were run in March with positive results except for one issue...my liver enzymes were off.  In most people, this is not a major issue but transplant patients don't need another major organ failing or have their medication start affecting the other organs.  So, every 3 weeks or so I went back to the vampire (actually, Cami is a very nice lady who takes care of my blood draws) at SFH and had liver enzymes ran.  After about 3 different tests with little improvement, I was finally sent to have an abdominal ultrasound ran to see if they could tell anything without doing any other invasive procedures.

The results were that I have gallstones and a somewhat "fatty" liver.  Apparently, the gall stones aren't to the point of being serious problems as no pressure was put on my for yet another surgery.  I just have to watch and if I start having issues, then they'll need to see about taking it out.  Since I've dealt with enough hospitals and surgeries, I'm in no hurry!

Tomorrow is my last day at school as well.  I've worked two jobs this year...my counseling job during the day and a counselor/administrator for our night virtual school program.  I'm still waiting to hear if they'll need me to help with the summer program, but I'm looking forward to a little time to relax.  I'm also going to take a short trip to Washington DC with another teacher and some of our kids.  I was last there when I was 9 and have always wanted to go back, so I'm really looking forward to it!

Why did I do two jobs?  My Master's is in Administration and I've wanted to get moving into that direction since the transplant, however, whether it is said or not, I believe the "powers that be" have some concerns over my stamina in doing the job because of the surgery.  So, my thought was that if I put in as many hours as an administrator does by doing both jobs (and the stress that goes with it) maybe I can prove that I can handle the job....if not in this district then maybe in some other.  Maybe it will pay off, maybe it won't.  But I had to try.

Will I relax and rest over the summer?  Probably not.  I get bored easily so unless I find some pretty good projects to do I can imagine how I'll be in about 3 weeks.  I'll spend time with my family and see what happens in the days ahead.  One day at a time....