Update on Transplant

Well,
Since it is 12:30 am I can officially call today day plus 19, meaning that it has been 19 days since the transplant. We are experiencing signs that the engraftment will occur any day now. My long bones have been aching (legs and arms) which means the cells are trying to get into where the bone marrow goes.

Along with that, I have decided that since most of my mouth sores are gone I would try solid food. The radiation that I had burned off my taste buds so everything pretty much tastes the same to me. I eat some solid food but I'm also on IV nutrition that keeps getting reduced. This is good since once I engraft it makes me be able to go home sooner.

The hospital is slowly turning off my pain pump, but they also don't want my body to have withdrawals or for me to be in pain so it's been slow progress. I am managing to take all of my meds orally right now. All that is except the anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, and anti-viral. Once my ANC (absolute neutrophill count) is 500 most of the anti drugs go away automatically.

Everything so far has been great improvement. The Dr. say that I'm within the top 3 % that they have ever seen. I haven't had any unwanted side effects (yet- knock on wood). I have both good days and bad. Most of all I just really want to go home at this point. I can't wait to engraft. I'm doing all I can the rest is up to the Lord.

Well thanks for tuning in, but that's all for now.