On Monday this week Mom stayed with Dad and took him for his blood work. All the results looked good. Tuesday and Wednesday Kelly stayed home with him and he spent time resting and trying to regain some strength. Yesterday and today were my days with Dad. I must say, I really loved spending the last two days with Mom and Dad. I had a wonderful time caring for Dad and visiting with the both of them in the evening.
Thursday is the hardest day of the week for Dad. Between the blood work, the heart biopsy and the doctor visit, he is worn out by the end of the day. I have to admit, I was pretty worn out myself! Anyway, this go around his echo looked good and he got another good score on his heart biopsy (1). All good news. The doctors seemed very pleased with his progress. The only issue that came up at this visit was a virus that appears to be activating in Dad. It is called CMV. They are putting him on a 6 month treatment for this and will evaluate him each week as needed. Apparently this virus is fairly common for transplant recipients.
In other good news, after Thursday they took him off two of his medications, bringing his grand total down to 15 medications he takes one to three times daily. Mimi is doing a great job of keeping his pharmacy in order.
The doctors also took time to admire their handy work on Dad. They made mention of how good his incision looks. It really does look good. It is not at all what I imagined it would look like after a heart transplant.
Today Dad and I spent a quiet day at home, recovering from yesterday's hospital visit. He really is looking terrific 3 weeks out from his transplant. Keep up the good work Dad!
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