Day +75

Rachel and Erica the nurse practitioner we saw the most in clinic. She got us through some hard days.

Rachel and Teresa who is the BMT Nurse Coordinator Had many conversations with her before we ever got here. Always so helpful and kind.

Today is day +75 and things are going pretty good, but not without little bumps in the road. Rachel's creatinine level (shows kidney functioning) was still up too high so she had to receive fluids and we will have to give her some at home as well. It will go through her central line, once a day, like some of the other IV meds she has received Praise the Lord this doesn't stop us from being able to leave for home after our Monday appointment as long as other things continue to go well. Erica...the nurse practitioner also wants Rachel to come in on Sunday morning for more labs. Mostly checking the hemoglobin level. Every 2-3 weeks Rachel has been needing to receive red blood cells and they are going down again so Erica wants to make sure that Rachel doesn't need to receive blood when we first get home. Rachel is a bit disappointed that we have to add the fluids into the mix, but we are both very glad that she can still go home.

Over the weekend we plan to have some friends over and go out to eat with our neighbors as we say goodbye. How God has blessed us with Christian friends since we have been here. We will see them again as we will need to return to Minneapolis many times over the next few years.

Please continue to pray that her labs stay where they need to be, that Rachel will not have any infections or viruses. Also pray for things to go well with the new doctors. It is very comfortable with these doctors at this point and now we start all over again with new doctors. We know all of this is so out of our control, but once again we remind ourselves that God is in control and that is what gets us through. Thanks again for all of your support.