Author: Stacey

Peter, thank you so much for writing. I would be really interested in meeting you and Karen when you come to Stanford. I will e-mail you with my phone number. Yes, your name is very familiar. I have read about you in more than one climbing magazine or book! I would love to meet your…

Aunt Carol, thank you for your sympathy but I’m sure childbirth is much harder than gall bladder surgery. They put me under general anethesia so I didn’t feel anything during the operation. I woke up to some pain from the surgery, but the internal pain I was feeling had evaporated so I guess surgery was…

Denise, it’s great to hear from you! You must be a great teacher to have a barely 3-year-old already reading words! I noticed it’s her favorite word. Yes, things are coming along here. I’m improving well and the doctors are discharging me from the hospital tomorrow! Today, my mom and I took a walk around…

Hi everyone, I’m recovering from the gall bladder surgery well. I was able to get out for a couple walks yesterday, and as well as today. Talking on the phone is still tiring, though! Yes, Dave has been a great and dedicated friend throughout this lung transplant experience, and my most recent setback! I couldn’t…

OH, Cherie! Must we get technical? My subconscious mind is finally coming around. Last night I had the first climbing dream in years. I was bouldering at a secret place in Berkeley with Chris Sharma, even though I have only met him one time! Good-bye dear gall-bladder! After 37 years of service, it’s out the…

Oops. Here is a correction: Stacey Li Collver Stanford University Medical Center 300 Pasteur Dr. Stanford, CA 94305 Thanks for reading this website, by the way! Love, Stacey

Here is my address at the hospital in case anyone needs it :p Stacey Li Collver 300 Pasteur Dr. Stanford, CA 94305 I will probably be here for at least two more weeks. Stacey

Hi Everyone! It has been a rough week. For a while I couldn’t get out of bed at all, and was too sick to do anything but lie still. Things are looking up now; I’ve decided to take some pain meds which enable me to at least get out of bed a little bit each…

The doctors came by this morning with the latest prediction that I will need to spend six more weeks in the hospital before they take the gall bladder out. This is much more time than I expected. I might as well get comfortable here. Friday, I had the pleasure of many visitors. Carrie came and…

Miki, great to hear from you again. As much as the reunion sounds like a lot of fun, I already have a daunting amount of trips and goals on my plate related to my health, and visits to those who have sacrificed so much to get me through the Nov. 22 transplant and my two…