Turns out that I have my infant immune system to thank for saving my life. The doctors today said that it was my own body that got me through the infection. It was fortunate that I engraffted so quickly because without the immune system pumping out so many white cells, I reached a high of about 23,000, the outcome may have been very different. They told me that I cause way to much excitement for their liking. Of course the staff at the UWMC had a lot to do with it as well. The decisions they made certainly played a part in it. They also talked about the fact that we got to the hospital in plenty of time and if they had their way they would like the patients to live right next door. Good thing we stayed close. All of my numbers are excellent today except my heart rate increases a little to much when I stand up, so more liquids for me. They looked at my feet and decided that they didn't want to deal with them either. Nice. Lots of appointments left over the next week or so with a bone marrow biopsy at day +30. Just have to hope that nothing goes wrong and I continue to improve. Keep praying for me.
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