Rodrigo on November 4th, 2007

Close to a week since the operation and Joy is doing well. It has been a time to get rest, and stay close to home. The incision is healing well, and the pain is going down every day. It is now again a waiting period. Waiting and getting regular monthly blood work to [...]

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Rodrigo on October 30th, 2007

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 [...]

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Rodrigo on October 29th, 2007

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, [...]

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Rodrigo on October 29th, 2007

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 [...]

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Rodrigo on October 27th, 2007

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 [...]

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Rodrigo on February 14th, 2007

Just about 10 days since the surgery. Recovery for both Joy and Maeapple has been going well. Joy has been doing better each day, and she gets somewhat restless that she can’t do some of the things she is use to doing, like driving, or picking up things.
Today i cleaned up some sticky tape residue [...]

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Rodrigo on February 13th, 2007

The Associated Press (AP) article that was written yesterday has gotten picked up in lots of markets. We are happy that it has gotten attention and more people are reading about it. Thank you everyone for all the great emails and comments. It really makes us all happy to know this is reaching others, [...]

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Rodrigo on February 9th, 2007

I put together a video to show you how the surgery day got started. This is a few minutes of what the prep looks like. They both are so nonchalant about the whole thing.
There are so many other nurses and doctors we met and talked to, but i only shot part of it. And [...]

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Rodrigo on February 8th, 2007

I got a hold of the FOX piece tonight. Take a look here.

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Rodrigo on February 8th, 2007

We are now at the hotel, which is home sort of, not quite SF yet, but it sure feels more closer to home! On the way home we picked up some food and some things of the drugstore, and then headed to the hotel trying to avoid as many bumps on the road as possible. [...]

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