delayed update!!!

Lonye had a follow-up appointment on Monday.  We were at the UW all morning.  We arrived there at 7:30am and left at about 12:3opm, after the usual blood draw, x-ray & pulmonary function tests.  The amazing part is that Shelby went with us.....  She was an angel all morning! She is becoming quite the big girl, and reminds us of that often.

Lonye's numbers are all right on track, he's doing great.  The only issue is that he's still retaining some fluids.  Also, the bronchoscopy did show that there is some psudomonus (the bacteria that was in his lungs pre-transplant).  The doc says this does occur sometimes and needs to be treated with an inhaled antibiotic (Tobi).  Lonye has taken it before and didn't tolerate it well.  The doctors say that shouldn't be an issue now.

Lonye is going a little stir crazy (therefore making ME crazy).  So, he asked about a return to work plan.  They said under no circumstances can he go back to work for 3 months!!!!  I hope we don't kill each other before then :)

We are very happy that we will be able to spend time with our family at Christmas!  And are looking forward to many more in the future.