Thanks to everyone who is trying to help with the diarrhea. We appreciate it and will try to use the ideas. Jackie has always believed that the diarrhea was caused by all the antibiotics. The doctors tell us this is a very normal post transplant situation in that her gut is taking more time to adjust and start up again. I have been away from the hospital all day shampooing the rugs and furniture in preparation for Rafi’s return home, so I don’t know if the volume of her diarrhea has diminished. It was a lot less earlier today, so we’ll see. We are just trying to avoid any fevers at this point, because that is the main reason we would have to stay in the hospital longer. So far so good, even though we had a close call earlier in the evening. Jackie told me Rafi had a 100.3 degree fever. 100.5 earns you a stay in the hospital for at least 48 hours, so we are prepared to bathe her in ice water, have her eat popsicles non-stop, or sleep on a cooling blanket.

Really not much happened today at all. We are just biding our time. We took Rafi out into the sixty five degree weather and just cruised around. Hopefully she is sleeping now peacefully so Jackie can get some rest. The next couple of days are going to be extremely busy getting the apartment ready and packing up the hospital room.

Until tomorrow…………