It's me, I am back, the computer is finally fixed, I am happy about that (Kathy is not though she thinks I am spending too much time in front of it). Remember how a week ago I said we are going away for the long weekend?, well that did not happen, Alicia developed a cough and the doctors thought that we want to get away from it all a bit too soon. Well maybe it was better that we stayed at home because apparently it was really cold up in Algonquin. That’s OK maybe some other time. Alicia is doing great we and the doctors are very happy with her progress, her wounds are healing nicely as well. She is still seen be a physiotherapist weekly and she still goes for her weekly visits to the hospital. Apparently as of next week the weekly visits will now be every two weeks (what a relief). This Friday she had her first Biopsy done. They took 6 microscopic pieces of her new heart and will check for rejection. We will not know the results for about three days. Emily is doing amazingly good as well, I think she is finally back to her own self, she is still very protective of her sister and she helps us out with taking care of Alicia. We still have sleepless nights, Kathy more than I, as meds and feeds have to be given during the middle of the night. We are starting to get nervous now as the time has come to think about the future (not so distant future actually). Kathy has to return back to work in the middle of January and we don’t know what we are going to do about babysitting (with Emily it's not a problem) but Alicia needs full time care and she needs to take her meds, meds that cannot be missed. I am sure we will figure something out.
Thanks everyone for your emails (and help) in the past two weeks, also a special thanks to St Mike's nurses for making Kathy laugh, (your unit update emails). And sorry to anyone who got a piece of my computer virus.
Have a great week.
Click on New Photos "Home after Transplant" (on the left side)
Mirek and the girls.
