Hello All,
Just a quick note to confirm my release from the hospital today. I will be going home on a higher dose of steroids, 40 mg a day. They hope to start weening me down again as early as this next week. Dr. Botha, my surgeon was on rounds today. I just love him. He is very pleased with everything he is seeing as far as my liver numbers go. He actually said having the one bout with rejection can be a good thing. Even though I was treated for it 2 different times, they consider it 1 episode. It gets worrisome when you reject 3 times, then the chances of liver damage are high, and being compatible with the new liver decreases. He did confirm that the serum sickness is rare with liver transplants, about 1 case a year. I guess I helped them meet that statistic early in the year. I asked the resident and surgeon about any restrictions that I have, and they said there aren't any. I am cleared to resume any activity I was doing prior to my transplant. That is good news to me. None of this was caused by not resting enough, or doing too much too soon. I am just experiencing some of the complications that come with a liver transplant, and then the side affects of treatment given for those complications. Like Dr. Sorrell said, I have to remember how well I did with the transplant, and that complications can occur. I realize this, I was just hoping there wouldn't be any. Just like a good friend (who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer) quoted from the movie "Finding Nemo", when Dori the fish said, "just keep swimming" and that is what we have to do. I continue to be so thankful for all of the blessings, and the gift of life I have received, that never changes no matter how bad my day is. You are all among my many blessings, and give me the strength to swim against the current.
God Bless You All,
Trish
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