Since the transplant two days ago, I’m now restricted to my room and hooked up to my friend RP (my IV pole for those of you who haven’t been keeping up with the blog :P) 24 hours a day. My energy is decreasing as my immune system slowly dwindles down to zero, so at least that makes it easier to be cooped up in here. My doctors joke with me about how many gadgets we have in my room, but I seriously don’t know what people who got BMTs did with themselves before the Internet! We have 2 Macbooks, an iPad, an iPod nano (we’re not big Apple fans as you can see), a Blackberry, an EVO, a portable CD player, a TV, a DVD player, and a Wii, and we use all of them except for the CD player pretty much every day.
Last night I had to stay up an hour or so later than usual because of some IV drugs the doctors gave me, so I decided to do a little late night online shopping. After watching Sister Act last night with some friends, I rediscovered how awesome it is and decided that I had to own both Sister Act 1 and 2. Turns out Amazon was selling the two together on one DVD for only $14 with free shipping! Well, free shipping if you spent $25, so naturally I had to find more items to buy :). If you ever use Amazon, you know that wasn’t difficult. And, not that I feel the need to justify my purchase, but online shopping is perfect because everything I bring in here has to be new or able to be thoroughly wiped down. A half hour and $12 later, I was happy as a clam and should be receiving my package within the next week! :)
At the risk of looking rather foolish, I’ll share a conversation I had with my doctor about all this technology. After walking in to see Zack, my mom, and me all on our laptops, he was yet again teasing me about how many gadgets we own. We were talking about what people did who got transplants before the Internet, and then I asked incredulously, “What about before TV?”
For a second we looked at each other in mock horror, but my smart doctor laughingly responded, “Transplants didn’t start happening until the 1970s, so they always had TV!”
I’m just glad he caught me before I asked what people did before radio.
You are tooooo funny! BTW have you decorated RP or at least given him/her a name tag or a necklace? Yes, our new world certainly makes staying in one place (your room) a lot easier. And shopping Amazon...any excuse is a good excuse:) Love the doctor's comments about the 70s....though you were digging a pretty good hole there. Sorry you are so sick now but you have to go there to get better. Thinking of you lots...even if we don't own a tv! xoxoxo
ReplyDeleteNo, poor RP remains undecorated, but they change him every other day, so we would have to move his decorations to each new pole. I would like to make a laminated nametag for him at least :).
ReplyDeleteso glad there are so many things to keep you occupied. :)
ReplyDeleteYeah.. that's hillarious!!!! I'm catching up... With Latesha's wedding and all.. I got a little bit behind...
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