Day 18+10+2

This is day 18 of our current hospital admission. A week before that we had a 10 day stay. 3 days before that we had a quick 2 day visit. The weeks leading up to that were several day-long visits. To put that in perspective, from the date of her 3rd transplant surgery to walking out the front door was only 17 days. She is frustrated! The steroid portion of the treatment helps inflammation but causes puffiness. It is a strange drug. Anyway, her face is really puffy which makes her uncomfortable. She was doing well most of the day, but the pain returned in full force at about 6pm. Today is my birthday - I told her my wish was for a day of not cleaning up bodily fluids - only 4 hours left!