All is good

Geoff went in for the full work-up on Wednesday and everything looked GREAT! Blood work was perfect and his sonogram showed no strictures (aka no disease). The doctors were pretty cool and calm about the whole thing and just said "you look great". Again, no real explanation, no theories about the futures, no real protocals, etc. It's truly a day-to-day thing with those doctors. When it came to Geoff's medical I use to always only think BIG PICTURE, FUTURE but you really can't with these types of things. You never know what's around the corner. For right now, we're very happy with the results.

Drag Queen?

This is what happens when you leave mascara out.

Full Work-up

On Wednesday, July 29th (Ava's 4th birthday) Geoff will be headed down to Baylor Medical Center for the first time in months.

He is going in for blood work, sonogram, hernia consultation (it's enormous and I'm afraid it might start to attack me soon), and liver clinic.

Definitely a little apprehensive about the whole thing....I'm sure it will be fine, but there are always dark thoughts that loom in the back of my head.

Really?

It's been like 8 weeks since Geoff last had blood work. Kind of amazing. He told me the other day he was going to call and schedule it. He also told me that he knows when things just aren't "right". I use to never believe him when he said this, but now I kind of do.

Life is pretty good.

It's all good

Everyone is feelin' fine.

Blood test

Geoff had another set of labs drawn this week, he was feeling a little rundown.

A slight twinge of fear came through me. No need to worry though because the liver panel came back looking better than ever. The kidneys were slightly elevated...who knows about that one.

The Dunkles are looking forward to a FUN Summer....

Re-defining Normal

I've mentioned before how I've met wonderful people through this blog. Wives of PSCers, patients, pre-transplant, and post-transplant. One friend in particular is Jaime. Her family has been through it all. The list goes on. Lately she was been struggling with 'what is normal'? When people are going through a rough time (including Jaime) their whole perception on what is normal is greatly skewed.

Looking back, I can remember times last year when all I wanted to do was feel sorry for myself. Clearly, it was obvious to others too, because I would get phone calls, visits, and e-mails from people mentioning the "tone" of my blog posts. I'm not an idiot, I always knew that there were people with bigger issues than mine, sicker patients than Geoff, and worse stories, but at the time it didn't matter.

Everyone should be able to have an "I-need-to-be-selfish" moment. In all honesty, I probably had too many.

This is for you Jaime....you're more than entitled to these moments, even if your "moments" last a few days.

Thinking of you in Dallas.