Home is where the heart is (and the heart is home y'all!)
Home is Where The Heart is (and that Heart is Home Y’all!) 13 Days after Transplant and he is home! The last couple of weeks have been such a blur, but Khadees was able to say goodbye to our healthcare team today and come home to a house of super excited little ones! Allie’s voice screaming “Daddy!” as Khadees walked into the door will forever be etched into my brain as a happy memory. The biopsy and heart cath from Wednesday showed that he is at a 1R (versus the 2R he had before). They said a 1R is mild rejection or could even be inflammation, so they will continue the course of his current anti-rejection meds. His medication regime is on another level, as it consists of many different medications, different doses, given at different times, and some only on specific days of the week. Each meds comes with its own list of side effects, but most of all, the anti-rejection meds will suppress his entire immune system, which means he will have no defense to figh...