An Update

So sweet Nicole brought it to my attention I've been neglecting my blogging habits. I'm not sure who reads this so here goes:

The holidays in the Holliday Home were quiet. Thanksgiving was spent doing nothing (surprise there.) I think I even forgot to call Family which shows where my mind is. Christmas was a grand affair. I got my iphone which is awesome. Mike got a PS3 (because he needs more videogames.) Bri got a bunch of stuff (too much to list - but she got spoiled rotten.) My mother-in-law came to visit. It was a good visit. Mike felt well enough to visit with everyone.

We sent Mason his Christmas present - of course it's still drama filled. That's the life he chose. He says he is coming for Spring Break which is in April. Bri's spring break is in March and hers will be spent in fun-filled San Diego w/ her youth group mission team being the hands and feet of Jesus.

An update on Mike: He is doing ok. It's complicated so I'll try to explain. Most of you get the emails so this is redundent but I realized if something happened we would have this blog to read in the future. Mike is on a drug called tacrolimus which is an immunosuppressant drug that suppresses his old blood so the new blood can take over and graft. The range for the tac level is 8 - 10. Last Thurs. the level of 6 so they told me to up his dose from 3.5 to 4 twice a day. Monday we saw the dr and the level was 27 so they had us come back in to retest on Tues.

On Wed. she called to say the level was 38 and they'd retest on Thurs. when we saw the dr. We saw the dr. on Thurs and retook the tac level. They called me on Sat. and said the tac level was 17 - still dropping but still high. We see Dr. Bearman, our transplant dr., tomorrow for an checkup so we'll see what he says.

Mike's kidneys aren't functioning as well as they should be. His creatien (I know I spelled this wrong) is higher than normal so they're worried about that.

Mike has a PET scan tomorrow as well. We will be spending the day doing tests. On Thursday we have a dr. appt and a bond marrow biopsy as well. We should have some kind of news next week when we get the results back. Mike's 100 days are supposed to be up on January 13, 2010.

He has insomnia so he doesn't sleep much. He's been having some muscle pain - achiness and stiffness of muscles. We'll see what the dr. says about this tomorrow. His white blood count and platelets were down as well last week.

Stay tuned for news next week.