One step back

Hello All,

Once again, sorry for the delay in updating the Blog, I had been waiting for the 75 day mile stone. I had even put together a nifty title and photo (“peach fuze and progress”) as I am beginning to grow back hair on my head. Well unfortunately, my body had other plans and as of Friday we have been dealing with the “BK” urinary virus, that's right- a virus not an infection. I am making the distinction here because just taking a few antibiotics for a few days is not the treatment. Not to get too graphic, the BK virus is a very painful urination process as you pass blood clots. Additionally, in my case, I have the need or sensation to release my bladder every 15 to 20 minutes. So I have been re-admited to the hospital to help control the pain and watch for other issues. There is no real treatment for the BK virus, we just need it to run its course. It will likely be weeks before this will be cleaned up. Hopefully with no additional complications I will be able to return home this weekend (we will see). Not to say this is good news but, these types of issues are not uncommon with transplant patients, its just a bit harder for us to deal with them because we are still “building” my immune system.

OK I will save the “peach fuze and progress” for another time.

Tony