LIVER BIOPSY....LONG DAY

Hello all friends and relatives. This is Karen posting for Alyce today. Yesterday, Terry and Alyce were at the BMTU at 5:45am for blood work and liver biopsy. I got there around 7:30am to sit with Alyce. They had drawn blood and put in IV ports. Later they gave him 2 units of frozen plasma to help with clotting. We sat there until 11:20am before they came to get him for the liver biopsy. Alyce and I ate lunch, went to 2 gift shops, walked through 3 buildings at UAB, and went to the American Red Cross in the building and gave blood while we were waiting for him to get back. We could not go out of the building because of the rain ALL day. Lidia said the bloodwork did not look good and was afraid the GVHD was in the liver, but that is why they did the biopsy. Please pray that it is not there. We will not hear the results for about 5 days. If it is in the liver, they will begin a procedure called Photopheresis. Terry did not get back to the BMTU until around 4pm. He was starving and ready to go home. But because he had an irregular heartbeat and they wanted to monitor him, they kept him overnight. Alyce did not know yet if he will be released today or not. In talking to Alyce yesterday, we realized that we had both bought the same plaque for our kitchens. It says, "Faith is not believing that God can, it is knowing that God will." Our faith continues to sustain us along with your prayers and friendships. Love and Hugs to you all, Karen