First night home

Getting up this morning after the first night home led me to realize that I failed to do the necessary full research into the background and behavior's of Jennifer's kidney. As Jen so clearly pointed out this morning, "what did you think, an young girl's kidney feeding an old man's bladder." My god that kidney can put out the juice. I was up and down all night long. I didn't notice it in the hospital when hooked up to the catheter, but in manual mode, yikes. I only can hope that the output was a remnant of all the IV flushes that I was getting, and not a permanent situation.
Still, we're all glad to be home from the hospital. This morning, I celebrated with a breakfast that included avocado toast and bananas, both banned foods for me for the past several years. I can now eat away. Only things now permanently banned is sushi, raw oysters, uncooked meats and eggs. And we'll have to be extra careful with washing fresh fruits and vegetables.
Next was organizing all the meds that I now have to take. I got 14 bottles in the box that they gave me in the hospital. Many are only for the first month or so, and I should drop down to 4-5 meds after I get stabilized. I also have to record BP, temp, and weight twice daily, and add up the total fluids in and out each day in a journal. This will serve, along with the labs, as an early warning sign for any rejection events.
Monday, we're back in at the transplant center at 8:30 for biweekly tests and checkups. Michelle will now get to experience rush hour traffic on the beltway the rest of us have. Staples and stitches come out in a week or so. I got a pretty mean 8 inch incision in my lower groin area that makes it quite an experience to get up and in and out of bed, so it's going to be a while until I'm fully mobile again. A small price to pay.
We're just extremely glad that this has all gone so well so far, and that we're already home after 3 days at the hospital.