Saturday Update

Sorry for those of you who have been checking the web site today (Sat.) and wondering what happened. I have been with Trish all day, but just after I started to get ready to write the update, I fell asleep in the chair (Thanks, Rick for reminding me to make an update).

Trish did well today. She left the ICU just after 10am this morning. When I arrived in the ICU to visit she was sitting up in a chair and practicing her breathing exercises. After visiting for a while, I left the ICU so I could make some phone calls and let the "Moms" know she was all right. When I got back to ICU, they had already moved her to her room.

She's in a lot of pain, but doing well. She's hitting her PCA (pain button) way more than I have ever seen her use it. She really wants to go for a walk, but the farthest she goes is from the bed to the chair at the moment. Normal post op for this procedure is about 3 days, but we'll see what she ends up staying, everybody is focused on getting her out as soon as possible.

We should also have biopsy results sometime next week - it will likely be delayed because of the holiday -- but I know Dr. Griffiths, if there is a way to get them faster she will. She called the on-call hematology team several times to get an update on Trish.

Tomorrow Trish's Mom comes in and her cousins from Alabama are here as well (Marion, Barry & Lauren). It will be a big visit day/week this week.

Dr. Anderson came by tonight as well, she said the normal recovery time is 4- 6 weeks, but as long as the infection is cleared up - the can proceed with the transplant before that.

Look for lots of news this week. Thanks for all the prayers, emails, etc.