Day +40!

We have made it 40 days post transplant! So exciting.  Kimbell told us she feels better then she has ever felt in her entire life.  Kind of sad really that this is the best she has ever felt given she is puking everyday, on a zillion pills, dependent on blood products, gcsf, GI problems, and her kidneys are not happy […]

Random Acts of Kindness

Today on the way home from the hospital we stopped at Chik-fil-a per Kimbell’s request. It has been a very long and tenuous 24 hours so I am sure we all look fabulous. A guy asks if he can help  to which I responded no she can’t decide what she wants. Then a minute later another guy asks 🙂   […]

Day +35

Well we don’t have to admit her yet. hmmmmm not exactly what we were wanting to hear but ok.   So our quick visit to clinic wasn’t so quick yesterday or today.  Kimbell’s kidney’s are just not happy campers so yesterday we had to go back to the hospital for fluids.  Theoretically today the numbers should have gone down but […]

Day +33 and engraftment

It is so great not to have much to post! The weekend was uneventful. I mean when you can’t be around people and you can’t go anywhere you are pretty limited in what you can do! If you can’t do it in the hotel room you are out of luck and Kimbell has very little stamina but we are working […]

Day 30 – August Already?

It is so hard to believe we have been here almost two months.  In some ways it seems like we have been here forever, in other ways time is flying by.  We certainly have our ups and downs, constantly being reminded exactly how long this journey truly is.  Wednesday was absolutely horrible, Kimbell dry heaved and threw up bile for […]