Day 3 after the surgery and i think this might have been the most painful day. My stomach is so bloated that none of the shorts i brought fit me right now and all i can wear is sweatpants!! Hopefully it will all be downhill from here!

Molly is doing well and should get out of the hospital tomorrow and join us in our hotel room. Our maid is the sweetest little lady. My mom told her about why we are down here and she said she would make sure our room was sanitized really well for Molly. She is on immunosuppressent drugs and is very susceptible to infections like cold and flu. So we have to make sure that she is avoiding exposure to viruses as much as we can. It will be nice having her at our hotel with us. Since i got out yesterday afternoon i have just rested and watched movies. We went out to eat for lunch today and that took a lot out of me. I also started the day trying to only take tylenol and that did not last long! I did not realize how much pain i was in and how much it is affecting my body. So now i am just going to rest and take it easy.

I call tomorrow to schedule my first post op appointment. Hopefully Dr. Jie will release me back to Vegas and i can do the rest of my follow up with my primary care doctor. It would be nice to be recovering at home. But anything beats the hospital. I am so glad to be out of there and can't wait for Molly to join us tomorrow.

Everything is still going well, the kidney is still functioning perfectly. There is always a chance of rejection and complications so Molly has to be checked every other day to make sure everything is going well. I can't wait for the day when she feels recovered from surgery and can feel the full benefit of a healthy kidney! I am so happy that we were such a good match and that the surgery was so easy went so well. Hopefully this will be the only kidney Molly will ever need and she won't ever have to go through this part ever again!!

Thank you for all the prayers and thoughts and phone calls and text messages! We have not been able to get back to everyone, just know that we appreciate all the love and support that is coming our way, we are just so tired from all that has happened and are trying to slowly respond to everyone's messages. I feel so lucky to know so many amazing supportive people. This would have been so much harder without the support of our friends and family.

We watched "The Dilemma" this afternoon and we are going to watch "Dinner for Shmucks" tonight. My dad bought a dvd player for the hotel room that we can hook up to the tv so we don't have to watch movies on the laptop. And of course he came down here with a huge selection of movies for us to choose from! If anyone knows my dad they know he rolls deep with DVDs and shmatas! He has been an amazing help and care giver this week. My Aunt Linda and my mom are here as well and have been looking after our every need too. Collette has been my personal care giver and she has not left my side hardly at all! We even had a slumber party the last night in the hospital! Good thing we are both midgy and we fit nicely in my hospital bed. We watched some TV and chatted and then we fell asleep. She slept right through all my doctor and nurse check up's in the middle of the night!

Goodnight from Tucson.