Recovery Day 6

We made it in today early enough to see the doctors, which was a relief since we haven't had much contact the last few days. The plan for today is to get Jennie off of the Heparin IV and her Insulin IV and try to switch her to a subcutaneous shot daily. It will be somewhat of an experiment the first few days trying to get the levels right, but it has to happen at some point.

They also said they plan on raising her pain med a little since she is doing more movement and her pain has increased as a result. Our only concern with that is she is having a difficult time staying wake for any period of time that the increased meds will only make her grogginess worse.

She is supposed to be getting up at least 3 times a day, and they will be removing her catheter to try and motivate her more. They also mentioned that the X-ray showed nothing besides some fluid in her left abdominal cavity where they removed the pancreas from, which is normal.

It seems that things are still pretty well on course, although we feel like her progress is somewhat slower than some talking to the doctors and nurses who see these transplants regularly. We would like for her recovery to be very quick, but any progress is still progress and so far we haven't had any big setbacks, which is a blessing.