Day 59

UPDATE IS FROM AN E-MAIL B SENT TO US THIS AFTERNOON:

Well we are still waiting on the doctor. The doctor this week is Dr. Al-Atrash. His mom went to Western Hills with us believe it or not. Mom ate a cup of fruit, and a few bites of egg this morning. She is sitting in the lounge chair and she said it feels really good. Her rash isn’t itching anymore but now she has blisters on her sides that are really painful.

Okay, the doctor just left and the rash is from graft vs host disease. They are going to keep treating it with creams right now instead of oral steroids. Tomorrow they are going to do a bone marrow biopsy, they were supposed to do one on day 30 but since mom wasn’t doing well they waited. They are having a wound care specialist to come look at her skin to see what else they can do to make her comfortable. Also tomorrow they are going to do a barium swallow test just to make sure there are no other issues with her swallowing. Well that is all for now. If anything else comes up I will let you know!!



I will update later if needed.

Please pray that the graft vs. host disease is on its way out. B counted up the number of days that Mom has been in the hospital and came up with a total of 52 days. That is a long time when you think about it. We really miss her and can't wait until she is at least in the apartment.