Recovery time...

...and we finally post again. Ironically enough, we started this blog to keep people updated with Elijah's then newly diagnosed kidney disease. At the time of the last post we had just started a job in Cambridge, MA. We left there in Sept. when Elijah's disease went crazy and sent him into end stage renal failure.

Well, its now June 8th 2007 and I am sitting next to Elijah while he sleeps after his kidney transplant. Its amazing what can happen in a year. For those of you who don't know the whole story please check out the site we made for Elijah's Rotten Kidneys (http://elijahwyman.com/rottenkidneys.html) . A wonderful friend, Jason Rozen, donated a kidney to Elijah. This post is mostly to keep all of you up to date with their recovery...

Both surgeries went very smooth with no complications*yay*. There have been a couple minor complications with Elijah's meds giving him an allergic reaction the past two days, but they are working on figuring out which ones. Its not causing too much discomfort, but Elijah's catheter is another story! They are expecting Elijah to be discharged most likely Sunday, but possibly Monday. Jason should be going home tomorrow (saturday). They have been walking back and forth from eachothers rooms to play nintendo ds mario cart, eat some meals, compare bowl movements and the likes. i bought myself some old school super mario 3 for the ds, i just sit here in the night while elijah sleeps and can't read because the lights off, so i figured i may as well.

im okay, a bit tired, and its been a bit overwhelming for me. we just received a duffel bag full of $5000 worth of meds for the next couple weeks. eli (i don't call him 'eli', but its quicker to type) has a lot of travelling in front of him the next few months. he'll be travelling into the city 2Xs weekly for the next month, and getting labs in salem. after the 1st month, he'll be here 1X a week, and it will diminish as time goes on. We got one of those crazy pill carriers. its as big as my laptop with lots of compartments.

so, as of now everything is going as planned. i'll post again later about his continued recovery.

thanks so much to everyone for all of there prayers, thoughts, crossed fingers, good vibes, phone calls, notes, emails, donations, and visits. if anyone is interested in thanking jason email me and i'll give you his info, i don't think he would like it if i posted it here on the site.

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rhonda