Friday's update

We did a lot of waiting today. The labs were slow coming up and the GvH team was backed up. Trish is still fairly red today, but her throat and face immediately were better after the first day of steroids. We're (us and the medical team) hoping that the rash will completely clear by Monday. The GvH folks were a little upset at Trish's nurse practitioner today. She gave Trish another anti pneumonia drug and asked her to start it today. The GvH would have preferred that she didn't get that drug at al till they have cleared her. The GvH team also said that now that Trish has had the drug reaction, she is more apt to get GvH. Whew...it is never easy, is it!?

We have the weekend off from IPOP and we'll probably go visit Aun Mary tomorrow. Monday they will recheck Trish and possibly she'll get another skin biopsy from GvH. The GvH person confirmed what I said earlier -- Trish will probably be getting lots of skin biopsies over the next few weeks. Fun. Fun. We were both feeling positive that we would either be on track or early coming home. After today's visit, we know that we have to be patient again.