Day 19: Feed Me!

(by Nahum)

Shayna is hungry!

The best news of the day is that Shayna's appetite had dramatically increased today.  For the first time in months she wants to eat a lot of food, and she is draining her mother of milk. We hope this will continue and that she will begin gaining weight in significant amounts.  Medically, she is not totally out of the woods
yet. Her doctors say that some of her blood numbers are a bit high and might indicate a continuation for the mild rejection she experienced.  We'll know for sure in the next few days.  Even if it is a rejection
episode, they have good tools to treat it.
 
Nahum Spent three hours this morning with Patricia and Shayna at the hospital and began learning her new meds routine (some 6-8 medications currently, hopefully dwindling to 2 within a year).  Shayna was in
great spirits including smiles and laughter.  After driving back to the apartment Hilary and Nahum  took a 45 minutes walk and watched the kids sliding in the snowy park.  Micheal replaced Nahum at the hospital around 12:30 and stayed till about 4:30.  Shayna does not suffer from a lack of TLC :-)