Dear Jill,
 I was so happy to see that you were doing well after your tx. I have been praying for your speedy recovery. We are all so happy for you. May oyu be blessed each and every step you take towards full recovery. God Bless you and yours.
Love
Ginny

Hi Jill,
No Thanks to me please. Everyone wanted to be able to keep up with your progress and I was Happy to help out! I am SOOOOO happy for you and so glad you are doing so well. We are here in Ohio for a Christmas visit, sure is cold here, you make sure you bundle up. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
LOTS of Love
Donna

Edited by author 12-22-2003 07:39 PM
Hello all, Thank you for all the wonderful get well wishes you have sent to me. Everyone's cards and flowers have been a great joy for me to have. They have brought me much happiness and I thank you all so much. It has been nearly five weeks since my transplant and I am feeling so good. No more shortness of breath, no more oxyen. The doctors said I am doing very well and I had my second broncoscopy today. My pulmunary doctor said I may be able to go home in a day or so. That is such good news. I want to take time to thank Donna Murray for passing along the information of my transplant to all our friends on the transplant support group web sites. Donna, I continue to pray for you to get your call very soon!! I hope all is well with you. I hope to get back to the chats as soon as I am home on my own computer. I cannot say enough good things about the Cleveland Clinic. What a wonderful facility. They have taken such good care of me, the doctors and nurses are wonderful. You really are made to feel so special with all the TLC you receive from everyone. Although there are some parts I don't remember during my stay in the ICU, I think that is for the best. Lot's of drugs to keep me sedated. I am now in the step down unit with my husband while we learn how to take all the medications and breathing treatments and check my blood sugar levels for diabetes, and give myself insulin shots when necessary. I am also taking dialysis for the temporay loss of kidney function. I look forward to getting back to chatting with all of you, and hope you are all well. Thanks again for all of your prayers. I have been truly blessed by our Lord Jesus Christ with this great gift. I pray that HE will hold the Donor family in his hands and bring them comfort during this overwhelmingly difficult time. Grant them his Divine Grace for the loss they have suffered and the most unselfish gift that they given others, including me. That is the hardest part about organ donation, is that someone has to die. From the bottom of my heart, I am truly grateful to that family for making the ultimate sacrifice. During this Holiday Season may we all remember what the real meaning of Christmas is all about. For GOD so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that who so ever believith in him shall not perish but have everlasting life. I received the most wonderful Christmas present on November 21, 2003. Much love to all, Jill Negaard, Heart & Double Lung Transplant, Cleveland Clinic Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio - December 22,2003

WOW!!!! This is SO great!!! Oh, I am SOOOO HAPPY for Jill and you! She must be doing fantastic to be released so soon. I will let all her friends at the Support Group know. We have all been praying for her! Tell her we send our Love and are 'over the moon' happy for her!
Lots of Love
Donna

Jill has been discharged from the hospital but is in the step down post tranplant outpatient housing.
Address is
Jill Negaard C/O
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Transplant Hospitality Unit Room P3-215
9500 Euclid Ave
cleveland, Ohio 44195

I got to talk to Jill on the phone yesterday. She sounded great - in very good spirits and said she was feeling better every day. We spent a quite a while laughing. Jill has some pretty good stories to share. My sister Sonnie and I are going back on Sunday to visit - can't wait to see her.

Jill was moved out of ICU to a private room yesterday afternoon.
Her address is
Jill Negaard Room G111-19
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
9500 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44195

The name of the woman who recieved the heart/lung transplant at clevelnad Clinic today is Terri Hoilman, she is doing well at this time. I was told she was only on the list about 2 months and was hospitalized the whole time, so she may not have been to any of the support sites.

Gordon,
Thank You so much for the update and certainly give me the other ladies name and I will ask everyone for prayers. Let Jill know that we are all thinking of her and send our love. I have posted this new update on the two sites so her friends can keep up with her great progress!
Blessings
Donna

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Jill is recovering fine with the only real problem being her kidney function. The doctors seem to think it will come back from the shock it recieved during the transplant. Because of this she is getting dialysis every other day. She is now starting to eat and hopefully she will be moved out of ICU into a regular room soon.
Today Dr Pettersson performed a heart and double lung trsnsplant on a 33 year old woman from Syracuse, NY. This is the second in 2 weeks here, with Jill being the other. This woman was hospitalized here for a while before the transplant. Because she had undergone a number of open heart surgeries she had a little more complicated surgical procedure than Jill. I talked to her husband for a while. I found out her works at Fitzpatrick Nuclear Generating Station in NY. since I work at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating station we had more in common than just the health of our wives. He is originally from the Detroit Area and had interviewed for a job with my company. Since his wife was on the list a short time I'm not sure if any of Jill's friends From the Transplant Support Groups know her. When I get her name I will list it. She is in the ICU that Jill is in and can use some prayers and blessings also.
As for Jill's site, I will try to do more updating this weekend. She is doing well, but has had some strange dreams due to the medicine she is on. Her sister Gerri was laughing pretty hard after Jill described her dreams. It's good to be able to laugh and enjoy ourselves. Jill wants to get in contact with all of you as soon as she is able.
Thank You all from both of us.
Gordon Negaard

Hi,
I haven't heard anything lately on Jill's recovery. I am hoping and praying all is going well. All her friends on the Transplant Support group boards are praying for her and anxiously awaiting news. Wanted to let you know we were pulling for Jill and her family. Please let us know how she is.
Thanks SO much!
Love, Prayers and Blessings to you!

I'm not sure what the whole address would be, but the Cleveland Clinic address is:
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Heart Center
9500 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44195

Thanks for the update!
Is there an address/room number you can post on here for those of us who want to send cards, etc.?

Sonnie and I saw Jill on Sunday. She has the prettiest rosie checks. We decided she looks younger than us! She always did have great skin. They had her sleeping because she needed to rest, so we didn't get to talk to her, but I think she knew we were there. We found the perfect stuffed animal to keep her company (a Westie!). I talked to Gordon today and he said that Jill is continuing to get better and that they took her off the ventilator.

Yeah!!!!!!! I am so happy for you Jill and Gordon. It has been awhile since we have been in contact but I am so glad that it is this wonderful news that brings me back to your sight. God bless you both and your family. I bet your doggies can't wait to have her back as well as her for them. Many blessings for you both. Take care and continue to to wonderful.
Love
Ginny
pre-heart/lung
Tucson,Az
29 yrs old