Day 6, Sunday at 1:30pm

She's Home

It's great what a couple plasma transfusions and 24 more hours of recovery have done for Alyssa. Even last night, we would have bet against her leaving the hospital today, but here she sits, playing with her two dogs, Quincy & Lili. The crit came back up to 30 and the swelling in her leg has dramatically decreased. The doctors felt that the emotional uplift that she'll get from being at home will help speed along the healing process. She needs to return tomorrow to the clinic as an out-patient for tests and monitoring, but that should only be for about four hours, then back home.

It's amazing to see how far she has come in just five days. She is feeling so much better and the kidney is going strong. Much to her relief, peeing is like riding a bike, even though she hadn't done it for year, she just slid onto the seat and away she went!

Jennifer is still pretty sore, but doing well at home. Last night they held a birthday party for her daughter Leana, who's best gift was having mom home again.

Again, thanks for all your support. We can't tell you how much it's meant to all of us. We are going to try and get back to a "normal" life over the next few days. I'm taking Ryan back to Oswego this afternoon and Deb & Mark will be back to work and Kyle back to Athena tomorrow and Lyss...she'll be enjoying everyday, so grateful for the incredible gift that Jennifer has given her and bound and determined to return to as a normal of life as she can.

Labs: (for you Heidi)
Red Blood Cell...........3.2
HB................................9.8
HCT.............................30
Platelets.....................199
GFR.............................59
Creat....................... .90
Potassium.............. 3.6
BUN...........................10
Phos........................... 1.4

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