Monday, July 17, 2006

A creative Monday

Hi everyone:

Patty had a slow start to her day (nausea again, along with some stomach discomfort), but after a DQ chocolate milkshake in the later afternoon, she's seeming much better heading into the evening. We often make mini-trips to gather very specific "craving" items, because so few foods have much appeal at any given point in time.

She was thrilled to finish the necklace and earrings she has been designing and creating for the fundraiser party this coming Friday. A picture of the newly finished necklace is posted below. We're planning to settle in with TV or a movie this evening. How's that for a mostly uneventful existence?

We spent a bit of time this afternoon gathering additional research on the whole area of antibodies, rejection and transplant. At times, the messages seem encouraging, as is the case when they describe better-than-average success in reducing antibodies. At other times, the messages seem more ominous -- such as when they describe a "very high total PRA level" as being 10-20 percent, while Patty's PRA, when tested, was at 100 percent. It's so frustrating to realize that they won't even check to see if Patty's antibodies are reduced for 90 days, and we're not even 30 days into that wait yet.

That's it for now.

Love,
Brian

Patty working on her garnet necklace

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey. This is the first I've heard of this fundraiser. I've been kinda out of the loop for a while. I was just curious as to what you guys are doing for it and I wouldn't mind attending (I always sound like I'm imposing on something hah) if it's nearby and if I can. Otherwise I will probably stop by sometime soon for a visit or something.
If you want to email me it's doodleboy77@yahoo.com. Thanks

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