Almost a week and only one visit to the ER

The liver "people" at Cleveland Clinic had told us that the first six months post-transplant would be a rollercoaster ride - up days, down days and up days again. They said pretty soon the good days would out-weigh the bad and things would even out.

I think Dad is doing remarkably well considering that he had two major surgeries and he turned 70 last week. He has been home for almost a week now. He is a little stronger - somedays. Mostly he has struggled with being able to sleep and then when he can't that makes him anxious and then he can't sleep and then. . . well you get the idea. He is also uncomfortable sometimes. He says the discomfort is mostly in his chest and shoulder area. He also says he is a little "fuzzy" mentally but at least he realizes it.

He was feeling more out-of-sorts yesterday and thinking maybe he was getting dehydrated again. After a call to CCF, they were told to go to the ER to be evaluated. It ended up being about a 9 hour "visit" with several tests being ran. Everything came back good except a slightly elevated kidney number which would signal some dehydration. He was given some IV fluids and sent home.

He has been out and about some. Last Saturday he rode with me out to Camp Berry, our local Boy Scout camp, to pick up Isaac. Mom takes him along to run quick errands. Today he got his hairs cut (as he would say) and stopped over at our house to watch my husband put the finishing touches on his Ham radio antenna tower.

I probably won't be updating as often as I did when he was in the hospital. I will try to make an update at least once a week and I will update when anything significant happens. Again, thanks to all of you for your prayers, flowers, cards, and calls. We all feel very loved by you. It is wonderful to have such wonderful friends and family.

God has truly blessed us!!!