FATHER TROY's TRANSPLANT JOURNAL...DAY 17......POST TRANSPLANT.........

My 10 a.m. return to the Mayo Clinic for follow-ups and lab results bore more good news. My prograf anti rejection drug range is back down to the acceptable level - 9.3 compared to 16.5 last week and earlier this week. My creatinine level is 1.5, up but only slightly and all that I am experiencing with the transplant completed, causes that, according to Jason the Physician's Assistant. There is some redness in the incision area overnight, but Jason marked the parameters and said to call over the weekend should iit spread, thinking I am on enough antibiotics presently to handle any possible infection. He will decide seeing me on Monday whether to adjust my antibiotic regimen to address it. After picking up Presentation parishioner Joe DiMarco at Sky Harbor Airport, we returned to Mayo Clinic for a 3 p.m. meeting with the Endocrinology (diabetes) Nurse, Kathy. She was very patient in reviewing my blood sugars over the past week or so, as my meter has converted to metric readings requiring extensive deciphering to get accurate blood sugar counts. She and her colleague Mary finally facilatated getting me a new meter for precise blood glucose measurements. Lunch was finally served just after 5 p.m. this evening, and between eating and the evening news, I opened 7 newly arrived get well greeting cards from Sacramento. Then, on the CBS Evening News, the topper...An Assignment America feature story by correspondent Steve Hartman, about a Phoenix taxi cab driver and a cranky middle aged woman customer. Turns out she is a dialysis patient with no family member or friend who can be her donor for a kidney transplant. The taxi driver decided to test as her prospective donor and the test results came back indicating they are a near perfect match. The woman will be receiving a kidney transplant by Christmas. All because of the generosity of an unlikely donor. Talk about spiritual telepathy bringing them together.........Peace + Prayers, Troy the Transplanted.........