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3 Weeks & Counts Are Up?
I have been in the hospital for over 3 weeks! It has been a very difficult road to travel. I appreciate the covering I have had in prayer. I appreciate the good thoughts and the financial aid some have sent. When I was told a bit about my donor, I was told he was a
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Day +12
Good Morning All….. After nearly 2 weeks of ZERO white blood cells (intentionally was supposed to happen), as of this morning my WBCs are 0.2. This is a sign, per the doctor, that INGRAFTMENT OF MY DONORS CELLS has BEGUN! Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My hemoglobin and platelets are also starting to stabilize on their own— Another good
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Day +10
Well as Day 9 rolled into Day 10 I got another (expected) fever. It lasted about 4-5 hours. Along with a fever comes chest xray, urine cultures, blood cultures, and two broad spectrum antibiotics. The fevers come because I have no white blood cells. Still zero. The team tells me in a about a week
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Day +9
She has entered the ‘Boring’ Phase, according to Dr. Marin (pronounced Marine, he’s from Spain). She is having some side affects from the earlier in the week chemo (Cytoxin). All to be expected, and on course they are telling us. She will be weak, not feeling like eating, etc. One day at a time is
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Day +7
Day plus 7. Not the best. Super tired. Doctor says chemo is making me feel this way. No fun. Dietitian says liquid diet will be best to consider for this coming week. I am now getting both magnesium and potassium electrolytes transfusions because these numbers are so low. All normal and to be expected the
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My Dream
I hardly ever remember my dreams Between the Tacrolimus (side effect- abnormal dreams) and an imagery from my dear friend: The stem cells lined up trying to figure out which cell is going to be responsible for becoming red or white or platelets. And then dividing off and reproducing and maturing. I awoke at
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Wednesday Morning Update
Wednesday morning update! Today is DAY 5 since transplant. Grammy Kay had a great night sleep last night. Ordered some cereal for breakfast. And juice, some tea also. She is outta bed. Yesterday she needed 2 naps. ALL DONE WITH CHEMO. Praising God. Today she starts anti-rejection drug called Tacrolimus (all patients get it) for
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Days 3 & 4
Day 3 was pretty uneventful. Got a chemo/ immunosuppressant medicine. Mostly tired. Not much appetite but they are happy if I eat anything. Watched an episode of The Chosen, read a little, played Scrabble. I suspect the same for today (Day4). With the addition of needing platelets. Basically they have put my blood/bone marrow into
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Sunday (Day 2)
Sunday is called Day 2… Doing ok. Had to have red cells today since my iron got too low. I am tired and still not much appetite but haven’t lost any weight since check-in 11 days ago. I make myself take in something – a Boost protein drink, a bowl of cereal, a yogurt, a
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Saturday Update
Well Hallelujah Day went well until about 8pm. I started to get chills and a fever. Because of some meds I am on, I cannot take Tylenol or Ibuprofen. So the team started broad spectrum antibiotics, drew blood to culture looking for infection and had me get a chest X-ray (yep that was around 11pm).
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Updates & Encouragement for Kay's Cancer Journey & Stem Cell Transplant
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