Bounce, bounce, bounce- Labs on Monday went a little worse- labs on Wednesday went a little better- so we continue to bounce. Since he bounced to the "better" side on Wednesday the doctors allowed him to go back on his blood thinners. His pancreatic enzymes also went up a little bit with one of them remaining in the normal range and one slightly higher so they are continuing to keep an eye on these as well. Jim and I are trying to take the "live day by day" approach which I think he is doing a much better job adhering to than I. We have weaned his predisone down to 12mg a day which is a huge decrease from the 20mg that we started at. The doctors have decreased a couple other medications as well which is appreciated. Needless to say he is still taking about 18 pills every morning and about 9 every night. We are very very blessed to have insurance and to have had such great support fundraising prior to the transplant. We don't go back to clinic till Monday so we have a couple of days to relax before drawing more labs.
The vac is going well for the healing and bad for the sleeping. Jim has to wear it 24/7 and charge it while he sleeps. This means that the vac sleeps in between us while being charged. While this charging is happening it has to stay standing up which is slightly difficult since it is an oval shape- To make the standing up possible it is stuck between our two pillows while it makes all kinds of interesting noises. (needless to say the first night I leaned over and hit my husband several times before I realized that the noises were coming from this little machine.) He is getting the dressing changed 3x/wk downtown. When he had it changed on Wednesday they reported that both of the larger wounds had reduced in depth from 3cm down to 2.5!! This is great news considering we spent the last 6 weeks just getting deeper. (I like to think that my being a little pushy isn't always so bad even when I am talking to a surgeon)
On a side note we would love for everyone to keep our dear friends the Andersons in your prayers. They and their son have been enduring many trials and tribulations lately so if you could lift them up to the Lord asking for strength we would really appreciate it.
Prayer requests: Wound continues to heal, labs improve and return to baseline, the Anderson Family, and peace for the donor family
Bible verse: "The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to Him in song. " Psalms 28:7
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