Hi, Virginiamom-- I used to work for a small law firm before I resigned. Wasn't a paralegal because I didn't have a degree but was doing paralegal work. My MELD has held steady at 8 (although haven't tested it in a long time due to no INR or creatinine being drawn to use for calculating). If your daughter is able to work with the deadlines for a nice boss, then she should be able to handle it, but in my case I worked under a slave-driver, both in the office AND at home which affected my health. I also had other health problems that slowed me down, so my boss was always barking, "Let's pick up the pace" which is going to be the situation pretty much anywhere in society (time is money). Some of the ways cirrhosis affected my job were when HE came to call on a bad day. Phone messages were illegible and I couldn't remember what case I was working on for more than 20 mins. Then speech was more slurred, causing communication problems, and almost everyday I was falling asleep over my computer. The final straw was when I drove home from work on a highway in my sleep! Maybe I could have handled the job better if my husband hadn't been....well, the way he is.....and if my boss hadn't also, but neither one of them would make the necessary changes in their personalities to keep me working. Good luck to your daughter, and I hope she finds herself a good match for her particular circumstances.  "...I am so fearfully and wonderfully made." - Ps 139:14
Anita
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