Day 11 post transplant #2

This morning went much smoother than yesterday. Don is a little stiff from the fall yesterday, but tells me he isn't having any significant pain from his hip. In retrospect, it was good that he got blood and platelets yesterday. Even the infusion, Don's hemoglobin was only 9.5 and hematocrit 28. Platelets were 65. WBC 0.05, so it is up a little from yesterday.

Don's energy and alertness have been better today. He spent the entire afternoon surfing between racing, hockey and golf. I guess it doesn't get much better than that! This evening, he is complaining of generalized body aches and malaise. He has a low grade fever, so we are assuming that the bone marrow is starting to work again. They will draw blood cultures again in the morning.

I took a long nap this afternoon, so life is looking brighter to me right now!

Did I share my most recent "Arkansas moment" ?

Yesterday I got on the elevator with three men. One man was on his way to pick up his wife and newborn. The second was rather ragged and worn. One was dressed in scrubs and had a hospital nametag. The staff have their job titles in big letters hanging below their tag with "RN", "Patient Tech" etc. This man's tag said "Decon"

The ragged guy greeted each of us with a good morning and asked how we were doing. As we rode up, he stared at the nametag of the guy in scrubs. Finally, he smiled and said "Hey, are you a Deacon?" Chocking back a chuckle, the guy graciously said, "no, I work for decontamination. If I ever set foot in a church, I would probably be struck with lightening". Those two men got off the elevator and the new father and I laughed all the way to the 7th floor!

Gotta love Arkansas...