Bump in The Road

To All:


As they say "To good to be true"!


As well as everything has gone I guess it was only a matter of time before we reached that bump in the road, which was this last weekend. Unfortunately Ret has developed a condition called Mucositis, not uncommon however, that is basically mouth and throat sores. They are extremely painful and prevent her from ingesting anything, meaning no medications no food taken orally, and that's a bad thing. We had to admit her to the UW Medical Center on Sunday so not only could they monitor the situation but also provide her the necessary medical and nutritional supplements intravenously. In addition to the pain this condition is one where the body creates excess mucus and saliva that settles in the GI tract causing nausea and vomiting, just one more thing to deal with which causes more pain...........vicious circle! So she's pretty well medicated which makes for some funny conversations. All and all they're taking great care of her and as I have said on numerous occasions I'm blown away at the level of care and detail they provide, it's truly amazing...................maybe better said extremely comforting.


This condition should turn around in the next 3-5 days. The issue is because at the moment she's not creating any red or white blood cells, which heal the body, so until that process begins she has to deal with whats happening. They say post transplant the re-generation of cells begins around day 12 and she's at day 9, so we just have to wait but it will happen.


Ret's sister Kath, Kim Christensen and I are rotating nights at the hospital to keep an additional watch on Ret and her condition. Which I can't thank the two of them enough!!! I know it's also a good deal for Ret because that way she doesn't have my overbearing butt lording over her 24/7.


Even though I've done it before Ret wants me to thank everybody for all the cards, calls, prayers and well wishes! So there you go I'm actually doing what she told me to, because I'm actually afraid that one day she'll read all this and if I didn't man I'd be in deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep S---!



Love,
Ret & Jack