We got home just a little bit ago.
Joy is exhausted from the long flights, and airports, and wheelchairs. It takes a lot to get her down, and these flights really take a lot out of her. So its good to finally be home, and have some downtime, even though it is Halloween.
I will be staying home with her the next few days, and make sure she gets lots of rest. 
Got discharged from the hospital today. Already a quicker recovery than last time
Also Joy can eat regular food, all good things.
Today we got a visit from Dr. Derosa, Dr. Silber, and the Dr from Japan that developed the vitrification process that was used to freeze the ovarian tissue. (will get her name soon).
All the reports are good, the surgery was a-ok. The incision which is about 1/2 the size as the one from February is looking good, and the pain is lower than yesterday. We got to leave the hospital around 2pm and after a quick stop at the local Trader Joe’s spent the rest of the day in the hotel. We fly back home tomorrow, during Joy’s most favorite holiday halloween .
A much mellower day today than yesterday, yay for that.
A long day today. Joy is feeling ok tonight, with some pain but not as much as last February. They have her on some pain medication which puts her out, which is good since it has her get some needed rest. Dr. Silber came by in the afternoon to check up on her, and to talk to us a little bit. He gave his account on what he saw as they removed the ovary this morning. He mentioned that the artery that was supplying the ovary was crimped by other tissue, and was most likely the reason why the last transplant stopped working. Those are sad news, and at the same time very good news. It all points to today’s procedure being a success. We still have to wait 12 weeks to find out that it worked, which will again be a good opportunity for us to practice patience. I guess that is some good training for our future parenting.
Something feels really different about today than what we did in February, it is as though I have a certain knowing that this time it will work for sure.
In the upcoming days I will post some more about what we have been going through in the past few months in coming to the choice of returning to St. Louis.
thanks all
Joy is out of the OR. I spoke with Dr. Silber who said it all whent very well. I got to see some pictures of the procedure, and the new implanted tissue. I have not gotten a chance to see her yet, but will be able to soon.
Dr. Silber had some preliminary feedback on why the previous transplant didn’t work as intended which rules out rejection, and that is great news! since it assures that this procedure will be a sucess. I will post the picures and more information very soon.
It has been a long time since we have posted any news. We have been waiting a bit to post. The last few months have been ones to given to figure out what has been happening with the transplant from February. From the results of all the test we can only conclude that it didn’t work as we intended. The reason for this we don’t know yet. We are going back to St. Louis tomorrow morning, to work again with Dr. Silber and have some of the frozen tissue transplanted. This is to have another try at what we started earlier this year. At the same time the transplanted ovary will be taken a look at to find out more information about what happened. We chose to keep very quite the last few months to give us a some time to decide what we wanted to do. If continuing on this path was what we would choose, or to try another. We both chose to continue this journey. So we are off bright and early tomorrow, and Joy will have another surgery on Monday morning.
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Oct.31,2007