Looking Ahead
It's hard to imagine in one sense and it seems like forever in another, but the time has come to schedule John's one year post-transplant evaluation. A year ago he was in Emory hospital recovering from chemotherapy and an infection and now we are looking forward toward a year's transplant anniversary.
We will be going to Seattle May 21 for five days of tests and evaluation, which will be a week after John's graduation. Quite a lot to celebrate.
The new reality is, and may always be, that any sign of illness will set off alarms. The other night, John suffered a bout of something that turned his stomach inside out. It would have been unpleasant, but in his case, it had the whole house up until it subsided.
There is progress to report though. John has been off Prednisone for a while and has now stopped taking his last anti-rejection drug. In fact, he now takes fewer medications than me, and I'm in pretty good health.
Just one other thing to note. My website at http://www.randycadenhead.com now redirects you here, in case it is an easier URL to remember.
We will be going to Seattle May 21 for five days of tests and evaluation, which will be a week after John's graduation. Quite a lot to celebrate.
The new reality is, and may always be, that any sign of illness will set off alarms. The other night, John suffered a bout of something that turned his stomach inside out. It would have been unpleasant, but in his case, it had the whole house up until it subsided.
There is progress to report though. John has been off Prednisone for a while and has now stopped taking his last anti-rejection drug. In fact, he now takes fewer medications than me, and I'm in pretty good health.
Just one other thing to note. My website at http://www.randycadenhead.com now redirects you here, in case it is an easier URL to remember.
