Jim is rallying to the occasion....

I can't get over how much progress has been made just in the last 24 hours.  He is getting stronger by the minute.  He has also become very cognisent.  He is trying so hard to communicate.  It's still difficult to understand what he's saying but I'm getting more and more as we go.  We're using a pen and paper now too.  The diarea is starting to subside.  I hope I haven't come accross as insensitive to Jim's plight.  I realize that he has been in a very vulnerable position.  But these tidbits of information are just my observations to the side effects that he is experiencing.  Anyone undergoing a transplant of this magnitude would be going through the same stuff.  I know my descriptions may have seemed a bit crass, but at the time it seemed like the only way to convey what was actually happening.  I really am trying to be his advocate with all the doctors and nurses.  Everyone knows that I only want the best for him.  I stayed here for five days and nights, at a time when he really needed me to be here.  And we made it through the roughest part so far.  It was only last night that I felt I could leave him in the care of a "Constant Observer".  And it went fine.  He was OK without me.  Now I feel somewhat refreshed after six straight hours of non-interupted sleep.  I was able to pack a bag that was a little more organized than the first rush job.  So, now I'm prepared to stay for as long as he needs me.  There has been a tremendous amount of Grace throughout our stay here and  I know that all of the good vibes that you've been sending out have made it so.