Paul is full of the cold, which is a nightmare, as it is a lot harder to shift with his suppressed immune system. We were at clinic at Leeds today, Paul has lost quiet alot of weight, He's hardly got an appetite, this was even before he started with the cold. We were seen by the dietitian who said he will have to carry on with the Fresubin protien drinks and try and eat little amounts of food. A little is better than nothing. she was really nice and told Paul of the importance of the protien drinks.
We were then seen by Dr Attia, he's such a lovely well mannered Doctor, who listens to your concerns and answers your questions honestly and makes you feel at ease.
He told Paul that if he doesn't take his protien drinks, then he'll have to have a feed through his nose, which isn't pleasant.
A couple of weeks ago Paul started to complain of horrendous back pain, he describes it has if its going to give way. I have started to help him get out of bed recently and when hes sat up. we told Dr Attia and he sent Paul for an x-ray. (Paul thinks it might have alot to do with the epidural he had) but he suffers from osteoporosis. Were back at clinic in two weeks so hopefully will get the xray results. Hes got a slight temperature tonight but hopefully this will go down, its such a stressful and worrying time, its part and parcel of the Transplant.
Yes, you are right. It is worrying time for the liver transplant. Especially, if the patient's condition is not good, he or she need to wait for a long time. However, it is not good for the liver disease. There are more patients who has acute liver failure wait for the suitable liver donator. Thank you for sharing the useful information.
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