I've titled this new thread in honor of my good friend who is awake and extubated after a successful heart and kidney transplant! That this good man, who has always been a devoted husband and father, will live to enjoy his family and brand new granddaughter is making me very happy today.
And I've also titled it as a reflection of what so many of us go through here. I am in a new, unexpected life. And my heart has definitely changed, oddly more open but at the same time more guarded, if that makes any sense.
