Last night was exciting. The anticipation was harder than the actual transplant. Jody tolerated the transplant and had no problem. The anxiety, along with waring off of the excitement of the transplant wore both of us out and we fell asleep around 12:00 am. The nurses, who kept coming in to check on her, said we were both snoring.
Jody and I awoke at 6:00 am and she decided to take a shower. Everyday Jody has to set goals, today's goal is to walk twice today and improve her food intake. She has lost close to six-pounds since we arrived.
The next couple of days will get harder as she continues to drop her ANC levels. Today Jody bumped up a little bit due to the transplant and some steroids. She is surprisingly tolerating everything pretty well but the inevitable sickness and loss of hair is coming. Things should start getting rough around Monday so today should be a good day to call, text or email. I know Jody will be excited to hear from everyone. Also feel free to leave your comments on the blog. Jody reads what I write everyday... she has become a critic but I will not allow her to edit my reports... so it is all me.
We were fascinated to learn that Jody's blood type will change to her donor's blood type which is AB positive (Jody's blood type was O negative). They expect the change to occur in about a week.
Dr Brunvand stopped in to say he was excited about all the progress Jody has made. Everything was going precisely to plan. They are watching her creatin levels very closely and would be giving her some Lasix fluid, which will cause her to have to go tho the bathroom more frequently. (I did not KNOW that was even possible, Jody might want to move her bed into the bathroom.) The Lasix fluid will help her kidneys function better and thus lower the cereatine in her blood. (Creatine is a waste product put out by muscles and is filtered from the blood passing through the kidneys and eventually expelled. A high creatin means your kidneys are not working efficiently.)
I left the hospital at noon today to catch up on things at the house. Like paying bills, watering the garden and something called sleep. As a result I was a little tardy getting the blog caught up.
"Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin."
Mother Teresa (1910–1997)
Macedonian missionary
Nobel Peace Prize winner
Jody, I am so glad that you are doing well and that you have such a great support team. I know how hard this must be, but you are a strong woman and I know that you will pull through all of this with flying colors. We are continuously praying for you for a successful transplant and recovery. Thank you Tom for all of the updates, they are very appreciated.
ReplyDeleteHey Jolene,
ReplyDeleteI read every post from the Tom-meister! He is doing an awesome job of keeping us informed so lose some of that control and let him be would ya????? We are all glad to hear the transplant went well, you need to keep eating to keep your strength so even if your not hungry eat eat eat!!! My Mom said that she would eat during her chemo, cause she didn't want to look sick even though she felt that way. Continue to do well, Love, Trudy and Derek and your new adopted grandchildren!!!
We love you Aunt Jody!! You are always in our thoughts and prayers.
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