Sorry for the lack of updates recently

Last week Mum was stable so there was little to report.

Towards the end of last week Mums breathing deteriorated so she is back on full sedation with breathing taken care of by the ventilator.

On Friday/Saturday they gave her chest a CT scan, to check on the current condition of her lungs. The results are that areas of her lungs are damaged and will take a long time to repair. The reasons for the damage are a) the ventilator itself can cause some damage, b) the lung infection she had that put her in ICU and c) the transplant itself can initially damage parts of the body. All this means that she is going to be in a poor condition for months rather than days or weeks.

The fight is not over yet but it is going to be longer and harder than originally anticipated.

Russ is down until Wednesday, Sylvia will be visiting Wednesday/Thursday with her/Mums cousin Helen from New Zealand and I am planning to visit on Saturday.

If there is an update one of us will post something; next time we'll try not to leave it so long. It is good that people are so interested in how she is doing. I'm sure she would show her appreciation if she could.

Thanks again for your thoughts, wishes and love.

Stuart