Friday, November 11, 2011 – Today has been a very busy day! I woke up this morning with a temperature of 99.0, and then it climbed to 100.0 and 101.0. The cutoff temperature for a fever is 100.3, so we packed a bag and came into the hospital early to get checked into the Stem Cell Transplant Inpatient Facility on 11 North at Vanderbilt.
The OTU was very busy when we got there at 10am this morning, and it took a long time to get me checked in, labs and cultures drawn, etc. We ended up going upstairs around 1pm, after getting a chest xray. The goal is to keep me on antibiotics and treat me like I have an infection to make my fever go down. Once I have no fever for 24 hours I can be discharged. They are taking very good care of me here, and I feel like I am receiving the best care possible. Hoping that I can get better and go home soon. We are looking forward to next week when my stem cells will engraft and I will start feeling better!
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