Good Morning everyone!
Today is Tuesday and we are off for the clinic. Jody and I decorated the house and trimmed the tree. We are looking forward to a quiet Christmas. I have heard from a few of you concerning my lack of posting on the blog. Sorry... there just has not been much to say. Jody continues to improve...
I will try to bring everyone up to date.
We are now at plus one-hundred-thirty-nine. As you may recall in October we were going to the clinic three times a week. In November we changed to two visits a week and now we are visiting one day a week. During our visits the Lab checks her CBC (Complete Blood Chemistry) followed by discussing our medication usually with a Nurse Practitioner or a Physician Assistant. They make any adjustments that her CBC indicates and ask how Jody feels. It is all about how she feels.
Her immune system is still growing and all Jody needs is time. One year is typical before we can start any vaccine regiment and two years (July 2012) to get all the childhood vaccines again. The staff at the clinic keeps telling us we are not running a sprint, we are definetly running a marathon. Everything takes time to develop. Jody is frustrated and wants to begin doing things. We both want to move on with our plans of retirement, but everything remains on hold.
Last d night we had a bit of a scare in that Jody's developed a temperature. Around 7 o'clock Jody complained she was flushed so we took her temperature. We discovered it was at 102.2. Jody got into bed and we continued to check her temperatureas well as place a call to the clinic. Around 8:30 I got a reading of 104.4. Doctor Brunvand was on call and responded to our call to the clinic. He told me to give her a couple of Tylenol and continue to monitor her temperature. Finally her temperature began to drop around 10 o'clock and I fell asleep next to her. Today Jody awoke feeling rested, her temperature was still ellevated, but she felt better. Our appointment this morning is with Doctor Brunvand at 8:00. I will write more latter.
More to follow...
Jody's Garden
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