Progress

Everything is progressing along according to schedule.  Wahoooo!  Praise the LORD.

• Frank's energy, appetite, and mobility are growing steadily.  He's doing GREAT.
• Kim's pill schedule is tapering off fantastically.  Whoo!
• Kim's energy level has been through the roof ever since she received her new kidney.  And yet she's smart enough to take naps every day.
• Kim's appetite is huge.  A good thing, I guess.
• The incision area for both of them is repairing beautifully.

Kim has a small procedure scheduled for Friday, January 14.  It's a standard procedure for kidney recipients.  In order for the new kidney to fuse correctly to the "input line" and the "output line" (artery and urine waste line) a tube had to be surgically implanted.  It's how this surgery goes.  Normal.  It was always the plan for this to be temporary.  Kim will need to go back to UC Davis for a very small surgery so that this stint may be removed.  In light of the last hurdle we just passed, this is peanuts.  However, your prayers for this small surgery would be lovely.

Thank you, friends.

Because of His great love,
Melissa Culver