E-mail response and blogging may be light over the next 24 hours or so, as the First Mate has experienced another little bump in the road, although one that was not completely unexpected. As we continued to throw off the viral infections that have plagued her since the beginning of the year, we had to keep an eye on her pancreas function to ensure that it didn't reject. We've been pretty lucky up to now, as the transplant managed to survive without immunosuppression for longer than we anticipated. However, her labs have shown some disturbing trends of late; I'd like to explain it, but the mechanics of this escapes me. I'd start sounding like that song that goes, "The knee bone's connected to the leg bone," except in this case it's "the amylase is connected to the lipase, and the lipase is connected to the glucose". It's got a lousy beat and you can't dance to it.

Anyway, today they needed to get a biopsy to determine if we have a rejection episode, and unfortunately it took much longer than they expected. The FM got more sedation than normal and now feels pretty sick, so I'll be tending to her while watching the Little Admiral tonight. At the same time, I have a very exciting project at the day job starting, and all of that will mean a little less attention until the weekend. I'm just touching base during my lunch, having cracked the code for guest access at the hospital. (Okay, so, they gave it to me ... same thing.)

In the meantime, let me refer you to a few different sites doing excellent work. First, check out Patterico and his fascinating interview with a Gitmo staffer. His source talked to Patterico rather than the mainstream media because the source knew that his message would get out clean through Patterico. This is the link to Part One, and keep scrolling through his succeeding posts.

For breaking news stories, keep an eye on It Shines For All, Daniel Freedman's blog, and Newsbeat1. Except for Instapundit, they can't be beat.

Finally, for those who worry about how Congress spends their money, make sure you check on the Heritage Foundation's Policy Blog. For that matter, check out their main site, too. You will not find a better group of analysts on an entire range of policy issues anywhere on the Web.

UPDATE, 6:39 PM: Turned out to be a longer day at the hospital than we thought, but the news was pretty good. The FM's blood pressure kept dropping too low, and for a while they worried that she had a small internal bleed. We think it was just the sedative, which also made her feel ill, even now. She eventually recovered to the point where I could take her home, but we had to postpone our evening with the Little Admiral. The labs from this morning show a much better response on the pancreas function, which leads us to believe the last couple of labs were just a short-term anomaly -- very good news indeed. We'll get the biopsy results tomorrow or Monday to be sure.

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