@lorieliebrock I echo the sentiments of @alive! Your husband will appreciate having a back up caregiver for a little break. My husband was my caregiver too and was an absolute brick through all of my recovery. He didn’t think he needed a break. Our daughter lives 1.5 hours from Rochester and when ‘we’ (team, my husband and I) felt I was stable and comfortable enough, she would drive down for a long weekend to ‘baby sit’ her mom. That gave my husband time to drive back home four hours to spend several days at our house to check on things and to just sleep peacefully. It was enough of a break that he realized he was feeling much tense with that time out.

The Gift of Life transplant house is an excellent facility from comments other members have made. Since you are a researcher, you might appreciate this podcast on GOL: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/blog/podcasts/newsfeed-post/gift-of-life-transplant-house-mayo-clinic-radio/

Also, here is a link to the search in Connect for conversations around the GOL: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/search/

Since you’re already finding this entire process fascinating, after your transplant I’ll give you a book recommendation that I think you’ll really delve into! My copy is so dog-eared and well highlighted. I also bought a digital copy for easy reference.

Do you have any specific questions about the long term stay, the first 100 days, the transplant process?