day +15

i posted during the night for day +14 but can't seem to find it. Of course, I don't remember what I said. Well, it's now Wednesday AM and Jen is sleeping, receiving a bag of platelets. Today, they are going to do an endoscopy to look at what's going on. It should be able to confirm whether her problems are from GVHD or not. They will take a biopsy if need be. We'll have the results tomorrow, we're told.

It's not an easy time for Jen. All her counts are really going in the right direction. Even this AM, her bilirubin was down 8 points - great news! But, Jen is finding it harder to fight since she never gets a break from the pain, restlessness and anxiety she's going through. How many times can you tell her tomorrow will be better when it never seems to be: one more time, every day! All the side effects she's having are really hard to cope with. She's hardly out of bed, can't get comfortable and is receiving a multitude of drugs, antibiotics, supplements, glucose, anti this and that and pain meds - she can't sleep for more than 1 hr at a time. But she goes on, even though sometimes she doesn't want to.

Will let you know when we know.

Keep the prayers coming.

jo/mom/granny