Home Again

Well, we are home. Dad is eating fairly well and his lab numbers were looking good so they let him out. He was home in time to watch Ohio State beat Iowa (they will win, right?)

Home on Saturday?

Dad is doing much better. He's eating well and looking healthier. The results from the liver biopsy were fine; there's no indication of any level of organ rejection. His abnormal blood tests were apparently due primarily to dehydration. If his blood levels continue to improve in the morning as they have over the past few days, we are expecting that he'll be released tomorrow. Thanks for everyone's continued prayers. Mom and I are enjoying spending some time with our friend Clarice this evening.

Thursday Update

The Ultrasound of Dad's liver came back A-Ok. Some of his lab results are still running a bit high. His kidney numbers are a bit high but that is mostly due to the fact that he was dehydrated again. His liver numbers were also somewhat high. They did a liver biopsy earlier today but results from that aren't back yet. If it shows some rejection then the docs said they will adjust his meds. They didn't seemed concerned about it so I guess we aren't either.

On the up side, once they took Dad off of the liquid diet he needed to be on for tests, he ate a hamburger for a snack and then ate a fairly good dinner. More than he has eaten in one sitting in awhile. His mood also seemed to improve today. We are hoping to go home soon. We will see what tomorrow brings.

Another Visit to Cleveland

We are back in Cleveland again. Dad's nausea got worse and his coordinator said that some of his labs were running high so they asked us to bring him back up here to get checked out. He still complains of "fuzziness" in his head. We are thinking it is a side effect of one of the medicines but haven't been able to figure out which one. They are running several tests so we probably won't know anything until later tomorrow.

Sunday Update

Dad had his first major outing today. He and Mom went to worship services this morning. They sneaked in late and out early to avoid germs.

Nathan and his girlfriend Becca were up this weekend. They cooked dinner for all of us last night. It was a delicious meal. Dad came over and ate a little but is still having some problems with nausea. He also rode out to the local Boy Scout camp with us Saturday morning.

Heart rehab. begins tomorrow afternoon. During his evaluation they had him walk for 6 minutes on the treadmill. Mom said that he didn't have any difficulty with that at all.

He seems pretty strong but still gets anxious when he knows something new or different is on the schedule.

Home Again

Dad was released today. They got back in Findlay about 3:30 PM which made him happy - still time left to vote!

He is scheduled to start heart rehab. this week and will have a check-up with a cardiologist later this month.

Still hanging out in Cleveland

So far the doctors have found nothing wrong with Dad. His fever went away Sunday and hasn't returned. They have run all sorts of tests looking for infection but haven't found anything. His anti-rejection med levels are good. Yesterday the doctor said they were waiting for a couple more labs to come back before they sent him home. So it is just a waiting game at this point.

Mom has been driving about 40 miles to stay with our good friend Clarice. They enjoy each others company and it makes the evenings more pleasant for Mom than hanging out in the Guesthouse on her own.

We are hoping that Dad will be out in the next day or so. Our oldest son, Nathan will be coming home this weekend to see his Poppy (and us too , of course).