Trish and I have really enjoyed our visit with Cathy & Joe these last two days. Trish looks and feels great -- that's what everybody else says when they visit her.
Today, the docs shared some results from the liver biopsy with us. The good news is that it appears the Cytoxan treatments have stopped the GvH and there appears to be no "active" GvH in Trish's liver. The not so good news is that Trish's liver was pretty "beat up" by the GvH before it was stopped.
So what does this mean? No one really knows. The liver is the only organ in the body that can regenerate itself. You only need about 15-25% of it to be good to regenerate. Regeneration can take months. People can live for months with a bad liver. Any infection or agitation can cause a setback to liver regeneration. There are optimists and pessimists on the doctor team treating Trish -- but no one really knows what will happen.
The goal is that they will stabilize her and that she will be able to eat a low fat diet to sustain her nutrition needs. Today was a jello only day and she did fine. Tomorrow we will add soft cereal. and build up through the weekend to regular low fat foods. The focus is still on getting us home by the second week of November.
We can still beat this thing, but it is pretty much anyone's guess on how things will unfold and we may not beat it despite all of our efforts.
I guess the thing we need most is a lot of prayer, love and friendship. Maybe even a little luck.
Today, the docs shared some results from the liver biopsy with us. The good news is that it appears the Cytoxan treatments have stopped the GvH and there appears to be no "active" GvH in Trish's liver. The not so good news is that Trish's liver was pretty "beat up" by the GvH before it was stopped.
So what does this mean? No one really knows. The liver is the only organ in the body that can regenerate itself. You only need about 15-25% of it to be good to regenerate. Regeneration can take months. People can live for months with a bad liver. Any infection or agitation can cause a setback to liver regeneration. There are optimists and pessimists on the doctor team treating Trish -- but no one really knows what will happen.
The goal is that they will stabilize her and that she will be able to eat a low fat diet to sustain her nutrition needs. Today was a jello only day and she did fine. Tomorrow we will add soft cereal. and build up through the weekend to regular low fat foods. The focus is still on getting us home by the second week of November.
We can still beat this thing, but it is pretty much anyone's guess on how things will unfold and we may not beat it despite all of our efforts.
I guess the thing we need most is a lot of prayer, love and friendship. Maybe even a little luck.
Cathy & Joe
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