Day + 1

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Today is day +1 post transplant. Nice and quiet for Judy today. Sleeps a lot but is doing pretty well. Still has the nasty side effects of the chemo, but each day passes they will begin to resolve themselves. The suction device is now her best friend! She still can't eat or drink so very soon here they will begin too infuse the necessary nutrients. The bag is quite large and will take about 24 hours to complete and then they replace it with another. This will go on until the mucositis improves to the point she can drink and eat. We walked twelve laps around the floor and she is hard to keep up with. As you walk around the floor and pass the doors labeled "BMT" you can hear all of the other transplant patients using their suction as well, I don't think anyone escapes this . The fever is still present and the antibiotics are flowing, but it doesn't seem to be an issue at this point. Once the mucositis subsides it is going to be difficult to keep her down. Haven't seen any blood numbers today, but they must be alright because they aren't giving any infusion of blood products. Platelets count is up enough so there hasn't been any more bleeding. This has been a pretty good day.