Day 23 post transplant....

So I am actually going to back track to day 22. First off my dad from the start of this roller coaster said day 22 she will turn around and be okay. His reason for that was that was the day things turned around drastically for Caleb when he was so sick. So Yesterday was day 22 it started out really rough so we were all a little discouraged. When I updated the blog yesterday about 7:30 not much had changed. She was waking up a little more but was still pretty much out of it and seemed like she wasn't feeling well at all. At about 9:45 last night I got a phone call from my mom. I heard commotion in the background and then my mom said hold on. All of a sudden I heard this really hoarse voice saying "Jessica can you bring my phone up, you don't have to bring it tonight, but maybe tomorrow" it was Abby. I was speechless I just said of course I will bring it up. Then she went on to say that she wanted to be able to get a hold of people and be able to let work know what was going on and she wanted to pay her bills. I was so happy to get that phone call. It showed my Abby's true personality. She wanted her phone and anyone who knows Abby knows she NEEDS her phone. After the weekend we had that was just the thing we needed to lift our spirits. So day 22 was our day after all.
So for day 23 we were very optimistic and the day did not disappoint. Abby was alert today she still is a little sleepy and out of it some of the time. But when she is awake she follows commands and talks to us and answers our questions. She is still very confused about what happened and right now that is a blessing because we didn't want her to remember the last 3 weeks. Her pain is being controlled now which is good. So she is a little loopy because of the pain meds but she is a lot more with it then she has been. We think the pain was making her shut down so she is better on the pain meds and we want her to be comfortable. Courtney and I were visiting her today and she talked to us quite a bit. She was pretty with it when she was awake, she asked me questions and she answered the questions I had for her. She still has a lot of questions about what happened to her. She asks a lot of questions about the transplant. When she starts getting really sleepy and falling asleep she says really funny things which is mostly from the pain meds. So we had a few good laughs. And we have seen Abby's sense of humor as well. The nurses were flipping her over to her other side and told Abby "you are doing so good" and Abby's response was "I guess that depends on where you are." She made the nurses laugh, it is so good to see her acting like Abby.
Her kidney still isn't working but now that she is more alert and doing much better the doctors are even more optimistic about it. She was tolerating feedings a lot better today which is a good sign as well. So today we are very happy and we hope things continue to get better. She isn't completely out of the woods yet but she is getting much much closer. We hope and pray that she continues to make progress and that she will stay alert and with us. We love talking to her again and want that to be possible for ever. Today we feel that we have our Abby back and just hope it stays that way.