Day +17

So did anyone notice that I had 2 day +14's? That just goes to show how sometimes the days just merge together. I didn't even think about it until I marked off Kristen's calendar this evening. Today was a good day and a bad day. Kristen was feeling great. Her throat pain is virtually gone and she is completely off the morphine. They exchanged her CVC (Central Venous Catheter)from a 3 prong to a 2 prong. This become quite the ordeal. They first tried to do it this morning but were delayed as we had to wait on pharmacy to send her some anxiety meds to help relax her. They finally get finished late morning and then take her to x-ray to make sure all is good. Well, all was not good and they had to do it again. They say that this is not a painful process. Kristen would tell you that is a lie, big time. When they went to replace it again they managed to further irritate the skin around the sight that was "burnt" by the previous bandage. They cleaned the area with alcohol. OUCH! By late afternoon they got the okay to use the line and were then able to hook her back up to her potassium drip and give her a bag of platelets. While Kristen went for the first x-ray of the CVC, I left to run errands and ended up kicking back for about 30 minutes at Sears while I had to have the car battery replaced! I missed the second exchange because of that. Probably a good thing. I'm afraid I might have gotten violent when they were hurting my baby. You know how Momma Bears get! We went to Bingo and did well. Oh, did I mention that Kristen's bathroom flooded before we went to Bingo?! I think it is time for us to go home to the apartment! Oh, and I am sad to report that she has once again lost her hair. I keep telling her she looks kind of like a baby bird with little bits of fuzz. She's not to fond of that description.

Pray that I get to bring Kristen home tomorrow. When I say home, I mean our temporary home here in Houston. I'm afraid that it will be the end of Sept. at least before Kristen will see Arkansas again. :( Continue to Praise God for how well the transplant has gone this far and for all the wonderful Doc's and Nurse's that have been involved in her care. I keep hearing that she is a favorite.