Saturday, July 25, 2009

Hello Again

I am so Sorry that I haven't posted in so long. Thing had been rather stressful here on our end for some time that we were to stressed to post but now that things are improving and everyone is returning from much needed vacation in while Jenn has us band from the hospital in order to take, I am finding much relief in being back with my sister.
For those who didn't know, my sisters heart had stopped functioning on its own leaving Jenn relying completely on machines again on July 9Th. We had no warning, we just went from joking around to her napping and then to O2 alarms sounding. It was actually very terrifying on our end for all of our family and close friends involved. We were very lucky that the pump they hooked her heart up to kicked in and kept her going. The scary thing is that other than being extremely exhausted, Jenn didn't even know what was happening. She was awake while being on the machines and even though we were glad to be able to talk to her, it was kind of disturbing. we all fought to the very last second about leaving on vacation but she threatened to have us kicked out of the room and floor for the next week if we didn't. (The vacation is a complete other story for a later date, but ugh was it a doosy.) We aren't really sure how things came about but we know that Jenn did receive a heart on July 20Th around 11:30 pm. The heart was from a 24 year old male and although everyone here is on high alert for rejection since Jenn already has the GVHD, so far everything has been going great.
I'm also happy to announce that she is able to eat small amounts of applesauce now and has 2 of 3 casts off. They are still worried about the left leg because there is still a lot of damage and no feeling in it but only time will tell. Jenn loved getting her leg back tonight though and when i walked in, Rob was painting Jenn's toe nails a very epic shade of green with purple polka dots. I'm not sure how Rob got away with the colors but it was cute non the less. I really cant think of what else to update on. I myself am a little behind so for now I will go and if I think of something I forgot I will add it later. Thank you all for your prayers. Jenn really is a miracle for our family and we appreciate everyone helping up pray. So until next time...Good night.

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