Good morning everyone, today is the 9th of November, 1 month to go. Bridgette and Paul have to go to the hospital on the 7th of December for more testing and blood work. Then on the 9th if everything goes fine with the new testing, Bridgette gets admitted and starts the process for transplant. We have chosen a drug regimen that wipes out all her white blood cells so she has no immune system. We sat down with the team and discussed the 3 options for medications that she will need for the rest of her life and this 3rd regimen is the newest and most advanced. We asked every imaginable question and then asked if it was their child which would they use, and they chose the one we decided on. It is a little scary in the fact that we have to wipe out her entire immune system, but there is less chance that she will then reject Paul's kidney. One thing that we are crossing our fingers with is that when they wipe out her immune system, if she wakes up the next morning, the day of transplant and has a slight fever, they will cancel the transplant. The team stated that this has happened in other cases, but out of the 5 year study, only 1 kidney has ever rejected. So if she has a fever, they will postpone the surgery for probably a week. Scary stuff, but we are very positive, and as we all know the mind is a powerful thing, so hopefully if we all think positive thoughts it will happen the right way this time. Bridgette is still going to dialysis 3x week in Albany. It is so much harder without her kidneys. We really are on top of whatever she eats and drinks, which is not much anymore. Bridge has grown about about 1.5 inches since July, the growth hormone as well as the filtering of her blood has helped immensely. Since her last surgery though Bridgette has slight tremors now, hopefully with the new kidney these will go away. Bridgette still has some bruising to her left groin area from the first surgery, but her incisions in her abdomen look good. The only complaint still is just the groin area. So some good news, Bridgette has been skyping with school. It is a way that she can keep in contact with her classmates, it is so cool. She can actually see and speak to them through the computer. If anyone wants to join it is free and easy, just sign up under skype.com and type in Bridgette Eichhorn, under I believe, the directory section and she should come up, if we are on the computer we will see that someone is trying to contact us. I want to send out best wishes to my new friend Tracy Black and her family. Her sister-in-law is going through the same thing as Bridgette and I believe that she is having her transplant this week(Tracy's brother is able to give his kidney to his wife). It is so strange, it is like when you are pregnant, everyone around you is pregnant. Since this has happened to Bridgette, we are meeting many people who have had transplants or have some family member going through the same thing. It is amazing how there are over 100,000 people out there who need a kidney transplant. Best of luck Tracy!!!! Hope to be back at yoga soon. Love to everyone, Megan