I am Seeing You Next Year!

Hi there pupils... Well we are back at it, back to the hospital we went on Monday December 29th 2008, up here at Doernbechers at OHSU. So far what is going on is that she had to be admitted because her liver enzymes were high and they did not know if it was early rejection, so they wanted us to get in here as soon as possible. So we did that and had to wait until the next morning for an ultrasound to see her bile ducts. Those turned out fine and then they did some blood work to see how her Prograf (pronounced Pro-gr-af) levels were and those are kinda hay-wire. so they think that she now has a virus of CMV (Cytomegalovirus, it is pronounced Cyto-megal-o-virus) that is one of some viral infections that occur most frequently in transplant patients. It shows is ugly rear end in the first months after transplantation. She will now also have this to deal with for the rest of her life also. She is being treated for it now as we speak and looks like her liver enzymes are going down 2 points and we will get a better picture as the days go by. This treatment could make it go away and only show this one time or it could stay around for the rest of her life, at this time the Liver Team does not know this. Only time will tell. This virus is also in the family with the herpes virus as well. Also to note this happened also because she is immune suppressed due to her having the medicine Prograf so she will not reject her liver. Just some more mountains to climb for us but the way that I am handling it is that " The lord only gives you what you can handle". So I am dealing with it doing OK for the most part, just really not looking forward to Monday when Donny leaves for Basic Training. Going to be a really hard day. 4 months to me is going to seem like decades... anyways I'm going to sign off here I really need to eat and get some rest. Till Next Time.

Live, Laugh , Love,
Chantel R. Conn