Unfortunately Valerie's rash went from horrible to ridiculous to "out of control" per the doctors. The details of the rash are not important but it reached a point that it was keeping her from sleeping and starting to really mess with her mental state. Towards the end of the week the doctors increased her steriods and anti-rejection drugs to try to combat the rash. The skin biopsy results came back but they were not really clear so it is possible the rash is a small amount of GVH or antibiotic reaction or both so, they are treating it accordingly. Finally on Friday night the rash calmed down a bit and Valerie slept for 10 hours! Please keep praying for this nasty side effect to go away.
Some praises!!!
The little bit of GVH they are seeing is actually a good thing. A tiny bit means that Vanessa's cells were different enough some how that Valerie's system knows they are there. A lot of GVH is horrible but we will take the tiny bit.
Valerie sounds more like herself and is gaining a bit of strength every day!
She took a walk around the whole block (with Brent's supervision of course)
She can make herself breakfast and lunch.
She has made my to-do list for when I come to visit on Thursday.
Some praises!!!
The little bit of GVH they are seeing is actually a good thing. A tiny bit means that Vanessa's cells were different enough some how that Valerie's system knows they are there. A lot of GVH is horrible but we will take the tiny bit.
Valerie sounds more like herself and is gaining a bit of strength every day!
She took a walk around the whole block (with Brent's supervision of course)
She can make herself breakfast and lunch.
She has made my to-do list for when I come to visit on Thursday.
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