Friday, December 17, 2010
Day 31, Can You Believe It?
Joe had his Day 30 checkup today (actually it's Day 31 but who's counting). The nurse referred to Joe as one of the newly transplanted or something like that. When we said it had been 30 days, she said that, yes, he was still a newby. Seems like it's been a heck of a long time already. Ready for graduation. Doc said Joe was "doing well". Yay. For his prize, Joe got to get a bone marrow biopsy, an inhalation mist treatment to guard against pneumonia, and a total of 5 hours in the clinic. What a luckly guy. He's doing well enough that we can start the transition from IV to oral magnesium. Yay. It'll be a few weeks, but one of these days, we'll be able to kiss the pump, IV bags and worthless carrying packs goodbye. Good night.
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Just as a metric, we actually dined out tonight -- first time since I've been home -- with some friends, and it was a joy indeed. The restaurant was all over my requirements: "No raw, right?" "Fish ok?" Then they brought me a beautifully grilled hamachi neck and cheek to pick apart with chopsticks. It's the small victories ...
ReplyDeleteProgress - that's great!
ReplyDeleteHamachi-kama, for the win! Hooray!
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