December !!

I can't believe it is December already. Luke is now three months post transplant...half way to freedom. In March he will be off isolation !! Yesterday Luke had a follow-up C.T of his lungs and we are praying hard he will not need a lung biopsy. His blood pressure has been good and we are keeping his potassium and magnesium under control (he still hates taking the pills). The new medication he has to be on is worse than I thought it was going to be though. It is just like being on chemo. His appetite has decreased he's been a little tired and his skin is awful dry, cracking and bleeding (even his private areas...poor baby). He just finished two weeks of it and now he has a two week break. That will be the rotation for the next six months. He is going through a little funk about going to the hospital and clinic...he is sort of mad...and sick of it all. We need to have a few more long talks about being a shining light for Jesus. It's a long road to travel, but looking back it seems to have gone by pretty quick, just taking it one day at a time. We will go to UCSF probably on Tuesday to have a check-up with the Bone Marrow Transplant doctors.

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Mike and I made a lovely dinner...we used our china (first time ever!) and the kids made a pumpkin turkey center-piece. We all told the Lord all the things we are thankful for. Luke was thankful God healed Joe's poison oak and for helping him with his tummy bump. We had a great time together :)