2 Months of Freedom from the 'chine

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   January went by so fast, I can't remember what we did or if we did anything of significance, aside from living the normal, suburban life. I do recall getting my Tacrolimus increased which is fine with me. What DID we do in January??? LOL! OH! My children started Junior Bible Quizzing and won third place :D
   February is coming to a close, and with a  roar might I add. No pun intended. Started the month with a viral infection that almost killed me. Thank God, its getting treated now with oral medication. The pain was pretty harsh though. I'd rather go through another angioplasty WITHOUT anesthesia again, than to have to go through all of what happened. The virus is called CMV and is common among children. As you get older your immune system eventually suppresses it enough, so that you don't have any recurring infections. Transplantee's and other patients who are on immunosuppresive drugs are mainly at risk for reactivated CMV infection. I think the virus count in my blood got to about 8000 before I finally complained about the pain lol. 
   Pain and I are good friends. We get along nicely on one hand, and on the other I tend to squeeze the Lord's... and I'm sure you might be able to see my nail marks on His hands ;)  CMV affects everyone differently. You may feel symptoms throughout your body but mainly it affects the abdominal, esophagus areas. And thats where it affected me. If you've ever experienced having an ulcer, think of a CMV infection as having 40 ulcers going off all at once. 
   CMV can be treated by oral or intravenous medications. I'm on an oral one and it seems to be working. I feel 100% better and the pain is quite gone. 
   MARCH is just 48 hours away. I'm not quite ready for it yet. March being my birth month and all. When you have been sick for a very long time, you tend to count your days and live each one as though it were your last. When that is taken away (not saying its a bad thing), you tend to look at life with a different set of eyes. I no longer see life being stuck in a 4 cornered room 8 hours a day, 3 times a week. 
   I now see life beyond the horizon. And it is, B-E-A utiful :)