Day 11

Good Morning; Jim is ingrafted. (Bone marrow is working). His neutophil (first line white blood cells) went from 200 to 3500 in the night. The doctors are thinking that he will go home on Monday. Yea!

Jim had tremendous bone pain yesterday. But, now we know why. His bones were working overtime. He feels much better today. Pain has subsided. Mouth and throat pain is almost gone. He is still very weak.

Bren and Spencer (and our adopted son Blake) are going to a concert today in town so they dropped by this morning and dropped off Nate. Sarah will be coming in to town for a violin concert at the arts festival. Nate and I will meet her their. After, we will drop back in the hospital to spend some time with Jim.

So, now Jim just has to put his time in so he can go home. The kids and I will be getting things ready at home for Jim. Carpets are getting cleaned today. Tonight and tomorrow we will be cleaning animals and sanitizing the house. We can't wait to get him home.

Jim will have to live under a pretty sterile environment for the first 100 days. He can't be around people who are sick. If he goes outside, he has to wear a special filtration mask. He will be on a low microbial diet, which means meats have to be cooked very well and he can't eat raw fruits or vegies. He still has a very low immune system. No plants in the house. They are all outside on my porch. You will probably not see him in church or work for the first 60 days even with a mask. Lysol will be a hot commodity at our house. The kids may even have to bath even though it is summer, heaven forbid. (Ha, Ha). He will also have outpatient visits at LDS hospital 3 times a week to make sure he is doing ok. Even though there are some restrictions, they seem so minimal because we will be home and out of the cave and together. It is funny how your whole perspective changes. You could ask me what day of the week it is and todays date. I would not know, but I know it is day 12 and that is all that matters to me.

Well, that is all for now. Have a good day.