Day 3 Kidney Rejection Saga

Today wound up being a good day.

She didn't need the thymoglobulin today because her t cell levels were still showing enough suppression. I've been reading up a bit on how this all works and basically, "thymoglobulin effects large reductions (through cell lysis) in the number of circulating T-lymphocytes, hence preventing (or at least delaying) the cellular rejection of transplanted organs."

They believe she will certainly need it tomorrow but from what I've gathered it's a bit of a tightrope to give enough but not too much of the thymoglobulin.

We enjoyed dinner together from the food I brought her from Aunt Missy’s birthday party. Happy Birthday again, Missy!

Tomorrow Maria will have some sort of line put in. There has been an ongoing debate every time she is hospitalized about whether or not they should put in more “permanent” access or if they should keep having to put in central lines each time she needs stuff. I think the plan is for a central line at this point. She’s been through so much that her veins don’t keep IV’s for long so the central line makes things easier for IV meds, blood draws, etc.

We’re just tucking in for a big week here as Gus heads back to Conductive Ed and I have a work trip to Nashville this week. 

Here's Gus sitting on my office chair "helping" me with my work! Before conductive ed he would not have been able to sit on a chair like this that swivels, where his feet don't touch the floor, and he doesn't have armrests to grab. He was in the process of going from leaning back to upright in this picture!