In this case "no news is not good news". We do not have any new news to tell. Steve is getting very frustrated. We have checked with another hospital in KC about the girls being donors but they pretty much told us that if they were rejected by KU they would probably do the same. We also found out that my current insurance would not cover a transplant at St. Lukes Hospital. Everything but a transplant. It would be covered at KU. So it looks like I am switching insurance the first of the year.

Dialysis is still going good. He gets so stressed and frustrated being tied to dialysis for 3 hours everyday and I have to admit my patience has worn thin also. Steve has developed restless leg syndrome which can happen when someone is on dialysis we have learned. Also he has started itching when he gets on dialysis, docs think the leg thing and the itching are all related and have given him a medicine to try. He is just starting on it today.

We are pretty much home bodies, and he doesn't like that but for the most part it doesn't bother me. I can stick my nose in a book and I'm happy. He watches a lot of TV when he is on his machine and it does get old. We just do what we have to do to keep this going until we get the call. Blair my baby is starting basketball the week after Thanksgiving her last year and we are going to miss it. Although she has had a couple of schools call her about playing next year for them. She is going to also go into nursing as Emily has done and she doesn't think she can play sports at the college level and keep up with the nursing school but she has this year to think about it.

Jennifer works at Kawaski during the day and her and Tom are on the rescue squad, Emily is a registered nurse and has recently changed jobs from the OB unit at St Francis to a job at Nodaway County Health. Blair is pursuing a nursing career. I guess Steve or I should have been a doctor. LOL!

Happy Thanksgiving to all.
Love Steve, Christy and family