HOME!

Yes, my baby is home!  It is hard to believe it has been another four weeks of hospital stay!  How many weeks in the last 16 months ... too many ... way too many.  Twenty I'm thinking?  Not sure.  I lose count of what day it is let alone weeks in the hospital.  I know the halls of both Mayo complexes way better than I ever wanted to know them.

And now she lays next to me ... home ... sleeping ... like a baby.  And my heart loves her.

Follow up:

What is a very nice thing is they have reinstated an outpatient program that we will begin tomorrow where she meets with counselors and psychiatrists two to three times a week at the hospital doing counseling sessions, group sessions, etc.  I think this could be an excellent thing for her leading to a much higher chance of success mentally.

Where we stand post transplant:

She is still immunocompromised so we will not be getting out a lot.  The last thing she needs is to catch another infection and start that horrid cycle all over again.  We are at day 75 post transplant and we patiently await day 100.  That day is June 2nd.  The day we don't need to be so careful.  The day she can begin to come and go without the dreaded N95 mask.  Day 100 ... it can't come soon enough.  Tomorrow is day 75 ... 25 to go!

The cloud:

And then it will be day 101 post transplant ... the elephant in the room we don't like talking about.  That cloud that hangs over our heads.  That is the day she will go back in for blood and bone marrow test.  That is the day we find out if her misery of going through the stem cell transplant actually worked.  How many times have I prayed for success ... pray without ceasing.  Lord God in heaven I pray for unbelievable, wonderful results!

Status:

Physically she is doing so much better but please continue to pray for her physical status.  She is just beginning to get her legs back on and slowly get back into walking again.  She is very weak so it will be a slow process.

Mentally and emotionally she is much better but has a ways to go.  Please continue praying for her mental health to come back to full strength.

Spiritually she struggles with wondering why ... why would God allow this to happen to her.  Please continue to pray for her to accept Gods will for what it is ... God will.  We have no idea what His plan is, but it is His plan, not ours ... and we have to accept that.

And of course, please do pray for a wonderful outcome on her stem cell transplant.  Please pray that God put his healing hands on her and the procedure and the disease has been put into remission.

Thank you so much for your continued prayers.  We are so very thankful to have such a huge, wonderful group of prayer warriors out there!

And the roller coaster rolls ...

God bless you all!  God bless my Sherri Lynn.

Tim