#KAWTIETHEKNOT

Congrats to my all-grown-up & married kid-sister
Mrs. Katie (& Mr. Andrew) Wright!

Bands4Life

A great big thank you to my creative and crafty cousin Lily who is selling custom bracelets to support Team Mosher. Check out her site linked on Etsy or Facebook. 

But get there fast.  This entrepreneurial young lady shipped out 50 bands in her first 24 hours! 

Something in Donate Life green is always fashionable!

Measuring Life in Fours

Four hours to wait between breathing treatments;
For a life well-lived by my donor-hero-to-be;
Fore-facing with faith;
Four the Family Mosher holding on
For a future of yet unknown mores.

How do you know it's time for transplant? Part 2

After two trips to the ER on Sunday, one intubation, several hours overnight on the ventilator, and waking up in a different hospital's ICU.  Yeah that is a pretty good sign.

How do you know it's time for transplant? Part 1

This was my biggest question during "Transplant Camp" in June. When I asked the mentor panel this question, one person recalled disabling panic attacks and another talked about her fatigue from menial activities like putting in contact lenses.

Earlier this summer the multiple ER/ICU trips and subsequent anxiety were unmistakable signs that the transplant option might be our best choice.

Over these waning days of summer some smaller quality of life measures have affirmed that decision.  Last weekend I was cutting up a watermelon and found myself short of breath.  Today I was going through clothes deciding what to pack, keep and donate when I realized I was taking breaks between each drawer.

I think most of us can do better about taking life and its blessings for granted - even folding laundry.
 
  

Odds & Ends

At the request of my mother, I have added a "Follow by Email" subscription option for the blog on the right-hand column (just under the YouCaring photo). Just enter your email, click "Submit" and I'll SPAM your email with every post if you so choose.  I realized that an RSS option wasn't sufficient when two of our younger, hipper, tech savvy friends admitted that they didn't really know what that was all about.  (Will either of you come forward and identify yourselves?).

In other news, so that people are aware, we've begun to add some new volunteer activities for our Cincinnati Send-off on September 21st as well as our relocation to St. Louis to our Caringbridge Calendar.  The calendar can also be found under the "Join Team Mosher" link in the right hand column.  (Just make sure that you sign up for the right activity in the right city or else you'll have a five to six hour drive to figure in one way or another).

And as for the Cincinnati Send-off, all are welcome, Saturday, September 21st at 2pm at St. Clare Church.  More details and an RSVP can be found on the post from August 11th or on the link in the right-hand column. 

We hope to see many of you there!
   

That's not how I remembered it...

I spent the better part of today sorting through 18 months and 5 inches of medical bills and paperwork. Midway through I came across this orange "Bliss" sticker on one of the provider's folders.

That's not exactly how I would classify the past couple of years nor the afternoon with those files either.