Three Weeks

Day 20 post transplant but not yet post craziness.........

Tonight we were all together celebrating Doug's birthday on Tuesday and we realized it was three weeks ago tonight that Anna got her call. We never expected the intensity of this past three weeks. We are seeking some normalcy and stability so Doug and Casey are going to go to work tomorrow. It is important that we can have a little of what was to get us through all of this now.

Yesterday Anna got her new chest tubes that seem to be working. This means that through this whole surgery experience she will have had 7 chest tubes........ that is a lot. Right after their placement an Xray was taken and it appears that her new lungs took back the plural space that had been filled with secretions. This is good and will be confirmed with the result of a CT done this late afternoon. We are truly hoping for no more surgery but if she continues to drain then she may need some help with that through another procedure.

Anna is peeing a little more each day. She is not at a normal amount yet but at least we see progress. The dialysis will continue. Last night she had to have a session at midnight that made sleeping a bit difficult for me but Anna slept through with the help of some vicodin easing the pain of the chest tubes. Hopefully tonight will be calm and peaceful as sister Sara is spending the night. I will be back bright and early.



Earlier today we had fun, actual fun, cutting out magazines for holiday stuff to make cards. What a good hour or so it was with a few interruptions but not much. As usual we try when ever we can to slip in a little something for us. the night before Anna and Casey tried streaming Survivor and saw it but not without many interruptions. The hospital is not, I repeat, not at place to hang out to be able to do what ever you want to do. You are very lucky to find little windows of calm. Today provided a bit of that calm so that Linda could come a be a chum for Anna.

We also planned a birthday party for Doug with Casey, Anna, Lou, Sara and myself surprising him with chinese take out and cake brought over by our dearest Peggy and Bill. We have really needed some help these past three weeks and there have been a number of friends who have stepped up to the plate. We are grateful.

Hopefully we will be back home again on Wed and there will be no more hospital stays.......