Usticke Family Blog

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Alec Usticke

[updated 7/10/2009]

Saffy & Liam react to what Santa brought last year.

I like how Saffy reverts to infancy, and Liam faints at the end.

As predicted, Saffy was discharged from the hospital yesterday.

Saffy gets her last Ganciclovir infusion	Saffy leaves the hospital

The test results are good, and Saffy should be discharged from the hospital tomorrow. The CT scan showed no evidence of PTLD, and the EBV blood test showed a large reduction in the viral load.

Unfortunately, Saffy is back in the hospital. She got hit with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and was admitted on Friday. Outwardly she’s now doing very well, but we’re waiting for CT scan and lab results. The biggest fear is posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD), a cancer caused by EBV. Depending on test results, she may need a biopsy.

She’ll be in the hospital at least a few more days to complete a course of antiviral IV medication. Hopefully the cancer is just a scare and won’t return and she’ll be home soon.

Saffy was named after the character from the British television show Absolutely Fabulous.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C65usdla5cA

My annual trip to Gen Con Indy was last weekend. Lots & lots of pictures are at gallery.usticke.org.

Our family vacation this year was a cruise on the Norwegian Spirit. The pictures are on our gallery.

We’ve uploaded pictures that span the past year to our gallery.

Make sure you view the video of Christmas morning excitement.