Second Transplant Day

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Hi, it's Marc again tonight. The transplant is now complete! It's now the road to recovery. Judy is really amazing, but the chemo side affects are now becoming a issue. The mouth and throat problems are now to the point of not being able to swallow and lots of pain associated with that. She has had some bleeding problems today so very soon they will infuse some platelets, no big deal there she has had a couple of those at Fred Hutch during the early chemo. She is on a PCA device so that she can administer her morphine as needed. They advise us that the worst is yet to come over the next 10 days or so, but can be relieved with the pain med. She still has a fever but the cultures have been negative to this point. The doctor tells us that if it was something serious in terms of an infection the cultures would have showed by now. They will continue to grow the culture for 5 days. The key now is for her to remain comfortable and the new cells need to start doing their thing in her bones. We struggle with what is going on but they assure us that this is all normal and there is nothing that they haven't seen and dealt with in the past. They are very reassuring and that helps with the stress of the situation. Sometime during the night the nurses made her a nice poster that they all signed with words of encouragement. They call it "Happy cell day" Hey John and Connie, thank you for the muffin top! It beats the food down stairs. Keep up the good thought and prayers