I am on my last Thymoglobulin treatment, with good music onboard to help the time pass by. I continue to tolerate them for the most part. Yesterday I woke up with a rash so they gave me more IV Benadryl when I came in for labs. They were not concerned, however they extended my infusion time to from 4 to 6 hours today. I forgot to mention that they used a GE Logic E ultrasound unit to guide the needle for my last liver biopsy. This is the same ultrasound unit I install for the Equine Vets. I offered to find the spot for them, in hopes of getting a discount. I feel really good today, and hope to be released to go home tomorrow following my labs. If so they will remove my central line tomorrow as well. The Thymo is bringing my liver numbers down nicely. They are reaching normal limits. The real trick seems to be keeping them there on oral medication alone.
The kids returned home yesterday so they can head back to school tomorrow. It is so quiet without them. They probably don't feel like they had much of a vacation, spending most of it away from home in a hospital. They never seem to complain, and just continue to roll with the flow. I am very proud of them. We went to Lisa Bartenhagen's for dinner on saturday night. Lisa and I graduated from UNMC together, and she is the clinical director of the Radiation Therapy program here at UNMC. It was a nice visit. Lisa and her husband Mike have a beautiful home in Gretna, with 3 wonderful children. Gracie has spent some nights there since my transplant in November. Tonight we are going to our niece Libby's home in Papillion for dinner. We are being taken care of very well.
I wish you all a Happy New Year. I am hoping for a healthy New Year, without liver rejection. I continue to count my many blessings, and pray for a boring and uneventful 2011.
Trish
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