Paul was weighed and we were first seen by the Dietitian, what a lovely lady, she jotted down what Paul was managing to eat, she said if he wants curry everyday so be it, hes still getting the necessary proteins. She advised Paul to increase the calories, that put a smile on my face, I love baking and have baked a few Lemon Drizzle cakes recently .Paul has had the odd half slice, which was a shock as before he would easily manage several slices. he reassures me my baking is still spot on. Before his Transplant he had a very sweet tooth but his taste buds have changed, we were told it could take some time before they come back. She also told Paul to continue with his fresubin drinks and his energy shots as they are very important in the healing process and count towards his calorie intake.
We were seen by Dr Attia today, he asked with Paul had any fevers or rigors (shaking or exaggerated shivering ). I mentioned that he had some tremors had the weekend but his temperature was fine. He said his last blood results had shown white blood cells, which could be signs of the new liver trying to reject. He told us to keep an eye on his temperature but apart from that he was happy with his progress.we were both taken back with this, but remained calm and took everything on board. Claire one of the Transplant nurses took the rest of Pauls stitches out, they were done in seconds. We handed our letter for the donors faily, Claire had a read and said it was perfectly wrote. I hope they are going to be okay with the letter, the last thing we want to do his add more pain.
We went to get Paul's blood taken and this week got it right, blood first then the Tacrolimus and coffee.
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