Well, more hurdles to overcome; John is rejecting the liver and kidney. He has alot of antibodies due to the previous transplant and multiple blood transfusions. However, there is a new drug that has shown to be successful in stopping the rejection process, eculizumab. I am posting a link to an article from Mayo clinic on the success with this drug regarding transplants. It is a very new drug and has been used very little in regards to transplants but it is the drug that is needed to fight the particular antibodies that Johns body is making to cause rejection. We are praying it will be effective. There are risks involved but the benefits outweigh the risks. John is such a trooper, he cried a little when we got this news, (so did I) but we know it's all in God's hands. It always has been. We will start the medication tonight. It will be here around midnight as it has to be brought over from Spokane. We don't know how long he will be on this medication. It will depend on what his blood counts show us. It is a once a week dosing for 5 weeks, then it will change, see the Wikipedia article for information by clicking the Hyperlink eculizumab.
We love you all, keep us in prayer.
Hi John,
ReplyDeleteJohnB and I have been checking on you daily. We are eager for the day that you can accept some visitors like ourselves. We promise not to be TOO annoying (haha). Best of luck...and we will be spying on you until then! :)
Love, JohnB, Tami, and little Clayton