Dan Van Winkle

Dan is tired….very, very tired….and he spends a lot of time sleeping…when he’s not nauseous.

It’s been this way for a couple of days. We didn't know if it was from the vein surgery or the blood cleansing or the plasma treatments or the anti-rejection drugs or the flu or the kidney failure. In the end he and his case manager decided the tiredness is from the blood cleansing and the nausea is is caused by the anti rejection drugs and kidney failure.

He doesn’t want to eat…who would when you throw most of it up?….and Jim reminded us that he should keep his strength up for surgery and suggested we try Ensure so we will get that today.

We had a pleasant surprise when we got home from the hospital yesterday. Dan’s coffee group buddy Dave Nordstrom (Padre) drove his Mini Cooper all the way from Kearney just to visit us. It was nice to see a friend and catch up on news. Padre didn’t stay long…as Dan was drifting off on the couch….he said a nice prayer, got back in his Mini Cooper, and drove back.

One final note…the blood cleansing is working. The antibody levels have been cut in half already and they are also reducing the anti-rejection drugs because the dose is too high.

One week has gone by…what a week it’s been.