Tim to St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver

On Sunday, May 14th, Mother's Day in Canada, Tim was transferred by ambulance from St. Joseph's, our local hospital, to St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver. (This was the second year in a row Tim had been in hospital for Mother's Day and Andi and Charlotte must be tired of this!)
During the previous week, Tim had been in and out of our hospital with fluid retention problems. He was admitted for the second time on Saturday night, the 13th. It was then decided to move him on Sunday to St. Paul's so that doctors in the transplant field, and familiar with his case, could check him out and treat him.
Tim and Cynthia traveled together in the ambulance and I followed them a little later by car. When we arrived, we were told to prepare for Tim being there for a week. Cynthia and I stayed in a local hotel for the first night, then with friends for the remainder of the time.
Tim was treated with intravenous steroids and a new drug called Zentrac. The latter, in the words of one of the attending physicians, was "intended to blast the low-grade rejection out of Tim's system."
Fortunately Tim suffered no side effects from this drug and we were allowed to return home to Comox on Wednesday 17th. Tim has to have a second dose of Zentrac in two weeks, but this will be administered in the Jubilee hospital in Victoria, on Vancouver Island. We hope to see him gain in health now as the days go by. Please keep us all in your prayers.