Journal entry by Amber Spencer —
Shortly after the last journal update I got a text from Teria and GVHD was confirmed by an endoscopy/biopsy. Diane started Prednisone a few days ago as that is protocol when GVHD is a possibility. Now that it is confirmed she will be getting high doses which can lead to Prednisone induced diabetes. She will need to monitor her glucose levels four times a day and will get insulin injections if her blood sugar gets too high. Dear sweet Teria has a training manual and will be attending a class tomorrow on how to be a caregiver not only to a transplant recipient, but a diabetic one at that! Now that they have everything somewhat under control they plan on discharging Diane from the hospital tomorrow January 18th. Her nausea is much better but will probably continue on and off while the GVHD works its way out of her system. Nurse Teria feels that this time going home to the Pete Gross House will be much more successful. We are so thankful to finally have some answers and are officially back on the road of recovery!
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