Ian can now mow the lawns and has even drenched some lambs, but Miriam says he needs to be careful with the new life he has been given. He does get tired and he doesn't go around people with coughs and colds. After a transplant people's immunity is low. Suppressant drugs have to be taken to stave off rejection of the new organ but Ian is on the lowest dose possible. Hygiene around the house is extremely important and Miriam says she doesn't keep food longer than two days in the fridge.
Vegetables have to be washed carefully and meat and chicken thoroughly cooked.
But she says Ian is a different man now and is never home. He is back at work at the couple's Westbush Road boysenberry farm and puts in a good day's work. In the past, the Turleys have sold their fruit to factories for ice-cream and yoghurt flavourings but this year they are selling to the public for the first time. They now feel confident enough to plan their future, which includes a trip overseas, without Ian's fear of running out of oxygen. Being on oxygen is disgusting but you need it.