No Reserve

Now typically when we say the words "no reserve" when we describe Graham, we are referring to his lack of comedic control.  The man LOVES to joke around and cause laughter, whether everyone laughs or he laughs all by himself.



But not now.  We went to Clinic on Wednesday and saw Dr. Rosenblatt.  All lab work and x-rays came out looking normal, which is good but doesn't explain why he crashed so dramatically last week.  Dr. Rosenblatt had an answer for this.  Graham has "no reserve;"  meaning, if he gets a sniffle, added stress, cough, he has nothing in his body that will help compensate and fight whatever is happening.  As scary as this is, it is nice to have an answer and understand what is going on when he feels like this and that hopefully, he will feel better soon.


As for transplant talk...Dr. Rosenblatt spoke with Dr. Waite (surgeon at UT Southwestern) that morning.  He gave him facts only.  He is trying to keep emotion out of it all.  As hard as he is fighting for Graham, he is also so afraid to hurt or kill him.  It is so obvious that he loves Graham and his family.  That is so rare in the medical field that we live in and it always comforts us knowing he has Graham's BEST interest at heart.  Dr. Waite will be looking over all of Graham's files.  We don't know when we'll get an answer.  My mind is already telling me the answer, but my heart wants Graham to have a fighting chance.


Wednesday was also Dr. Rosenblatt's birthday.  We gave him a Fight for Graham shirt and he loved it.  He said he'll take a picture for us with him wearing it - can't wait!


Graham is currently back in the state that he was a week and a half ago.  He is struggling to get up and move around, even just sitting up in bed is a struggle.  We had a busy day on Saturday and fingers crossed that he is just exhausted and that a day or 2 of good rest will help.