Bob said even though they are still in the hospital, things are getting better each day. They have been told numerous time how important exercising and eating are and how they will make things better. Even though they remind Sharon, the ball is in her court.

Yesterday, Bob said Sharon was very lethargic. She did not want to do anything but sleep. One of her nurses,Anna Lisa, is a bulldog. She was not having any part of Sharon just lying around. She pushed for Sharon to get up and move around a bit.

I spoke to Sharon briefly. She said her breathing is getting better. However, she still tires out very easily. She has given her okay for the pictures to be posted. She is on a room assist diet where the nurses order food for her until she feels like ordering for herself. While she is still not eating very much, she is trying. She continues to have trouble with nausea and keeping the food down.

She has not had to receive any red blood cells in a few days. Her counts had actually risen slightly until today. They dropped two-tenths of a point from the previous day. Her neutraphils have doubled. They are now .83.

Bob sent several pictures from Barb's visit. He also sent a picture of Marry, the Chaplin. This is the second picture. She is the one I mentioned in the last post. She is seven years into her recovery from her transplant. There's a couple of Sharon's nurses as well.