Keepin' On Keepin' On

Joe's still feeling a bit blah and an occasional lab value will stray from the expected, thumbing its nose at us. But, we're getting to the market and the dog park each week. We saw a nice little exhibit on mid-century modern architecture followed by lunch at the new Cuban-inspired restaurant. This week we have plans to meet friends for dinner, check out a lecture on mammoths and ... ta da ... plan our upcoming camping trips. Take that, you nasty weather!

Looks Good on Paper

Joe looks great on paper (he always does). His labs are great, his platelet count is in the normal range. He still feels a little blah, though. Not uncommon at this stage. Of course, this being tax season, I think we're all feeling a little blah. Joe looks so good on paper that we don't need to see the doc again for another two weeks. Don't even need to have blood drawn for labs in between visits. We usually go to Angelo's after those brief lab visits. We'll just have to push ourselves to go out for breakfast anyway. Happy Spring Showers!

Happy Day 127

Happy Day 127 Post Transplant. Joe continues to slowly taper the steroids, and the labs indicate that his body is making its own steroids. His checkup went well today, all the numbers relatively good, some down a bit from last week, but overall positive. Cold comfort to Mr. ImmunoSuppressed who's sleeping a lot more and has wretched cold-like symptoms. No indication of flu, so this may just be how a cold or allergies can affect a recovering transplant patient. As Pogo's friend Howland Owl says, "When I says 'OOG!' does that suggest anythin'?" A raft of tests just showed up on our clinic schedule in mid-May for the Day 180 checkup. That'll be 6 months, can you believe it? Today, the doctor said, "Almost done."

Still hangin' in there

Joe's still ahead of the curve. The new healthy donor cells are taking over and he's tapering the various drugs like steroids and immunosuppressants. He's been a little tired recently since his own steroids (I guess we all have them) are not yet picking up the slack as he tapers the steroid meds. But he still continues to cook, read, write, create, crack wise and good stuff like that. He made a great sausage quiche and terrific fried zucchini and eggplant the other night. Yum.

Happy Day 100

It's Day 100 after Joe's transplant. He's done a stellar job of keepin' it boring. Big thanks to our First Lieutenant of Care Giving, my sisters, friends and fambly. Joe was rewarded with a full day of scans and other procedures. He continues to taper the steroids. Assuming we keep "cruising in the right direction", he'll start tapering the immunosuppressants. He's doing so well that our next doc's appointment is in two weeks. That leaves more time for shoveling and getting to know our brand-new-just-in-the-nick-of-time plug-in electric snow blower. Sweet.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Things are still "cruising along in the right direction" as the doctor says. More platelets and less puffy feet. We celebrated increased platelet count along with Coney Dog's 10th anniversary by having a nice dinner at home that included a Big Steak with a Big Bone.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Things are OK

Things are still moving in the right direction. More platelets, less puffy feet. We're keeping warm and well fed and trying to keep the snow shoveled. Cheers from Winter Wonderland.