No … this school bus driver did not vanish off the face of the earth.
Let me start by saying all of you have heard the phrase, Life is very fragile … Well, take it from me for what ever that’s worth and believe it – because it’s true.
But, yet at the same time you can’t worry about something you can’t control. Living with someone who is chronically ill requires a different kind of relationship. This kind of relationship needs a great deal of compassion and tenderness. However, laughter is
been much fun to live with. extremely important. If we got too serious about all the illnesses she has faced over the years I’m afraid neither one of us would have
That’s why I have a cartoon in this writing. Laughter is an important part of our lives.
You see, my wife had a pancreas transplant 10 years ago. She suffered from being a very severe diabetic for more than 40 years. And when her disease became life threatening she was left with no choice but to have a somewhat experimental pancreas transplant.
As transplant recipient usually do on a daily basis she is required to take anti-rejection medication.
Let me tell you … what a two-edge sword that is.
On one side of the blade the medicine keeps her from rejecting her organ. On the other side it makes her daily living very difficult because the medication has many side-effects causing confusion, jitteriness, and short term memory loss.
It’s been 10 years since the transplant. But out of the blue she woke up one day and found herself to be rejecting. The Mayo Clinic began an(look at how many letters are in that word) medication and tripled it.
immediate drug therapy to stop the rejection process. This therapy involved 5 days of 500mg each day of prednisone. The following 9 days they began tapering the prednisone down to an eventual required 15mg per day. As well they took her daily immunosuppressant
Thirty day later a biopsy was needed to determine whether or not the aggressive medication therapy was effective. It was found the therapy was working and the rejection process was reversing. However, two weeks later she acquired a blood clot. This meant additional drug therapy was needed again.
And the list goes on and on …
I have to say she is a lot tougher than I am. She is my hero.
It’s been three weeks since the blood clot was discovered and things appear to be settling down.
And so … my return.
Immunosuppressant
