Category: Random Musings

Unfortunately, today I felt some pain and tiredness so I rested on the couch most of the day. I must have walked over a mile total yesterday, and have to save my energy for now. Myrna, my caregiver and I, have been finding some great recipes. Here is a very easy and tasty recipe perhaps you could try if you have time: Sauteed Bell Peppers with Pine Nuts, Garlic + Basil Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil 1 teaspoon crushed garlic 3 large bell peppers (1 green, 1 red, 1 yellow) Cut into thin strips 1/4 cup pine nuts 2 tbsp freshly chopped basil salt to taste Instructions: 1. Heat olive oil in a 10″ inch skillet over medium-low heat. 2. Add the garlic and cook for 1 min. 3. Add bell pepper strips, pine nuts, salt, pepper, and basil and sautee with olive oil and garlic until peppers become tender, about 4 to 5 min. Nutritional info: Serving size: 1 cup Calories: 63 Total fat: 4g, Stacey, from H.O.M.E. apartments

Denise, thank you for going to Lourdes and praying for me with your family. Sophia’s prayer was so cute! I have been doing much better, although I still feel very tired most of the time. Felix, thanks so much for fixing the website! I really appreciate your work.I bet with all the extra #$%@ people were thinking, “Oh, no, Stacey has finally gone over the edge. Now that is a BAD ATTITUDE!” Miki, thanks for dropping by! I wrote you an e-mail yesterday. Lately, I have been concentrating on eating nutritious food and keeping it down. Last week, Linda helped the cause by bringing over Japanese take-out MMM of all my favorite foods…sushi, seaweed salad, edamame beans, and rice. We had a great time. I’ve also been privileged to go to the cactus garden with Isa and Rupie yesterday. How nice I am well enough to go on beautiful walks with them again! The cactus garden was in full bloom. Brilliant red, yellow, and purple blossoms filled the garden. I took lots of pictures, and we walked around for about an hour. Rupie was really lively, and had a wonderful time running around, chasing birds, and playing with other dogs in the park. Stacey, from H.O.M.E. apartments

Felix, thanks for taking care of the spammers for me. John, good to hear from you. It has been good to be out of the hospital. In the past few days, I have been spending some quality time with my mother and Robert. I have been making some good strides in recovery this week. Instead of lying in bed most of the day as in the hospital, I’ve been going on short outings to the cactus garden, the art museum, and the park. Stacey, from H.O.M.E. apartments

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 Yosemite friends sometime. Stacey, from H.O.M.E. apartment

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 the answer. It seems strange that we would have an organ that we can live without safely, but I suppose that is the case. After the surgery, I was taken off IV food (called TPN) and disconnected from the other IV medications too. Once I was off certain meds, the nausea lifted and I was able to eat normal food and keep it down. I was still very weak on Friday, but within three days I went from hardly being able to move or speak, to being able to sit up, take a shower, and go for short walks, and sit up most of the day. Moving day was long. It took 2 1/2 hours to take down all my posters, card display, books, clothes and deliver them to Dave’s truck. We waited for 4 more hours for the doctors to come by with the proper forms. Now that I’m out, I feel more normal and healthier. I still have to lie down much of the day, but I can get up and walk around the house, take a shower, wear real clothes, sleep in a real bed, and eat regular food. Thanks to a friend, I have a full-time paid caregiver named Myrna for the next two weeks, which frees up Dave so he can go to work. My mother, who is visiting for a week, has been busy cooking ahd teaching Myrna the ropes about transplant patient care. Stacey, from H.O.M.E. apartment

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 the hospital and visited the chapel. It is a very pretty place, oriented towards many popular religions at once. Inside, there is a stained-glass waterfall wall with real water cascading over the rocks. To me, waterfalls are very peaceful and symbolic of everything changing, in motion. I was glad my mom showed me the chapel. Later, my friend Sudha (sister of Suma Rao, a climber friend from India) came to visit and brought a stained-glass elephant god symbol, a ganeisha. We put it in the window to admire. Stacey, from Stanford Hospital

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 have gotten through these challenges without him, or my mom. My mother and Robert arrived in town today, and we had a great visit at the hospital. I am looking forward to some of her cooking. more later! Thanks for all your support on this website and beyond. Stacey

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 body for you tomorrow. At least it’s not a gall bladder transplant, then I would have to take more immuno-suppressant drugs than I am already on. First lungs, then gall bladder, let this trouble stop! Stacey, from Stanford Hospital

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