INDETERMINATE

What does that mean? It means they don't know what the biopsies show. They think they are "suspicious" for rejection. Mild and not severe. We are THANKFUL for that last phrase.

Currently they are treating her for rejection. The problem with that is the treatment for rejection may cause the virus or whatever else she has to become worse. Ashley is sick and that is all we know for sure.

Assuming nothing else changes(like line infection, sepsis, pnuemonia, all the other frightening things that lurk in ICU halls) we could be here for a week or possibly months. How do you plan for that one? I have no idea. I guess I will just take it a day at a time and when that becomes too overwhelming then I will take it a moment at a time.

She continues to be really uncomfortable because the treatment for rejection is to increase the levels of her anti-rejection drugs (FK) and to hit her hard with steroids. Her FK level is 5 times higher than it has ever been and she is getting steroid doses 50 times higher. This makes for a pretty "Grumpy Gherkin." She is so uncomfortable and that is the hardest thing for us to watch. She is grinding her teeth so much we are praying they do not break.

We are so grateful that at this time her organs appear to be safe and we are thankful that we are here in Omaha with this team caring for Ashley.

Some more "good" news. Dave left at 2:00 to head home but at 3:30 he popped back into our room. There was some kind of electrical problem in Memphis which caused a mess for air travel. Somehow it canceled Dave's flight to Dallas and there were not any other flights that would get him there in time for him to make his connecting flight home. So we get to have him here with us one more night.

Thank you for praying for our pickle. We don't take those prayers for granted.