Jim: Today he had his appointment at the Transplant Center and his numbers are right where they need to be!! GIG We received the information needed for his upcoming routine 3-month kidney biopsy, which is scheduled for Thursday, Dec 22nd. He got the okay today, to "carefully" pick up our grandson, Jackson now and he is thrilled about it. I also mentioned to him that since he is able to do that, the garbage cans weigh about that or less when they are full and need to be taken to the end of the curb Thursday evenings, LOL!! Our wonderful neighbor has been doing it for us for several weeks now since he saw me doing it right after Jim's transplant. He and Jim didn't want me doing it, which was very sweet of both of them. Jim doesn't return to the transplant center until the day of the biopsy. We have a holiday get-together next Tuesday with the transplant center and we are looking forward to seeing several and only wish our "angel" and hubby would be able to attend with us, but Stephanie and Bobby live too far away to travel up this early for the small get-together. They are planning on being in the Hershey area over the Christmas break for a few days and we look forward to spending some time with them when they are in this "neck-of-the-woods".
Matt: It's been 2 1/2 weeks since his surgery and he has been home 1 1/2 weeks. Most of those days since he has been home have been more good days then not. We are so thankful for those days and his healing process. He does have a long road ahead with his healing, but he is moving in the right direction. Yesterday, with his visit and exam, which was in Philly at Jefferson, he got very tired and needed the rest of yesterday and all of today to get feeling less weak. He also has had a little more pain yesterday and today, which is extremely normal after having an exam and having to travel back and forth to inner city Philadelphia for his doctor's visit. He is looking wonderful and we are thankful that there hasn't been any signs of infection or problems to this point. We are so thankful for the reports of his biopsy and how everything showed all-clean margins and no cancer in the 20-lymph nodes that they took along with his spleen and tip of the pancreas and tumor. GISG.
May your weekend be one of enjoying "the little things", those are the precious and most important. It is sometimes hard to see them with all the hurrying that goes on in our daily lives. Being an "extreme" care-giver for the last few months I've come to appreciate the daily little things and see the importance of them.
~Tina
"...as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many." ~2Cor. 1:11
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