Home Again

Hello everyone in the family who might read this. I am very happy to be able to tell you that as of Thursday last, February 23rd, Tim is home again from the hospital. He had been there since Feb. 07th following a regular scheduled visit to the transplant clinic at the Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria. The doctors have considered that the improvements seen in his recent blood work have been sufficient that they were able to predict a continued improving trend, and therefore were able to release him for home. I had been withTim at the hospital on a daily basis since Sat 18th, Cynthia before that for a few days, and me again before that. One of the nurses told me that I looked like a permanent fixture at his bedside. I mentioned to her that either his Mum or I had been by his bedside whenever he's been sick since he was three weeks old.
Thanks for all your prayers for Tim.

Update on Tim

Hello everyone....Tim is still in hospital in Victoria. He has been there since Tuesday, February 07/06 following a regular visit to the transplant clinic at the Jubilee. Tim has been short of breath and retaining more fluid. Tests done on him have so far revealed that his transplanted heart is fine, with just minor narrowing of some of his arteries. The attending cardiologists are not too concerned over this. Tim is also about to receive a new (to him) medication which is now routinely given to new transplant recipients. This drug, delivered in two IV doses four days apart, goes to the part of the brain which deals with rejection, and further suppresses it. The drug is coming from St. Paul's Vancouver. He should receive his first dosage today. Please keep Tim in your prayers and also pray for his wife Andi, daughter Charlotte and all of us in the family.