April 13, 2021 update (Heart)

 

Hi Everyone,

This has been an interesting week.  John had his fifth heartaversay on the 11^th.  That was good.  The transplant seems like forever ago sometimes and like yesterday others.  The heart works well; our eternal thanks go out to Melanie and Kristine.

But…we were both vaccinated but John did not get antibodies.  He is part of a Johns Hopkins University study specifically to find out if the vaccines work on people that take immunosuppressants.  The study results after the first dose showed that only 17% of solid organ recipients had any antibodies.  So, one out of six.  John was one of the five, one of the 83% that did not get antibodies.

Today we received the results from Johns Hopkins after John’s second dose and still there are no antibodies.  Johns Hopkins had not yet published findings after second doses, but we have our personal answer.

What all this means is that we will need to stay in our small bubble until either John somehow gets antibodies or the virus is eradicated. 

Take care,

Colleen & John