3 months!!!

Happy 3 month liverversary to my new liver!!! I have named my liver...say hello to Laverne the liver. Laverne is doing good. Her counts went up during my last hospital stay but have started to come down. I had a clinic visit on Thursday as a follow up from my hospital admission and it was another good visit. My white blood count continued to stay steady. The Dr said it wasn't impressive but good enough at 1000 for me to be out in public. He would like to see it go to 2000 before I start celebrating. They continued to adjust my medicine and officially confirmed that my recovery is complicated and my body is difficult but what did they expect? I mean shouldn't they have known that since obviously I was an unusual case from the start..ha! I told them I just wanted to make sure they have job security and my case will keep their brains working!! I gained 3 pounds so they were happy but lied and told them I wasn't eating junk food. I guess I will stop eating my hot cheetos and sour patch kids and get back on the healthy diet...darn!

A great milestone of 3 months allowed me stop the medicine I had to swish and swallow four times a day. I hated that stuff so much and hope I never have to use it again. It was banana flavored and has ruined the taste of bananas forever. They scheduled another clinic visit in two weeks and also scheduled an ultrasound for my hepatic arteries to make sure they didn't get more narrow. Let's really pray that they stayed the same...I really don't want surgery to fix them.

Overall, I have been feeling the best I have since the transplant. My energy level is increasing everyday and my appetite is in full force. Yesterday I met Jenny for lunch, got my eyebrows waxed and then went shopping at Wholefoods and didn't even take a nap. I'm sure I am totally jinxing myself but I need to celebrate the good without worrying about the bad.

I couldn't have made it these 3 months without you all! Celebrate...it's your liverversary too!