Don: Karen’s mom, Madeline, posted an update as a comment to our last post. It ties up our last couple of weeks very nicely. I have just moved it to it’s own message so that you all may see it easier.

Madeline: Karen spent from Aug 2 to the 10th in hospital on her supposedly 1 day admission. I was with her until Don was able to return to Gainesville on the 9th. She got to come back to PC Thursday, Aug., 12th and spent the weekend with her children. A much needed reprieve. Back to camper life and clinic Gainesville/Shands, Monday the 16th. She has been going to clinic everyday since then to check and make sure the medicine is doing what it is supposed to do. As soon as the doctors give the ok, she should be able to come back to PC for more family time. It’s a delicate balance of medicine until the new graft learns it’s job. Many of the meds have bad side effects, so the doctors are trying to tweak them for the right balance for Karen.