Category: Stem Cell Transplant at Vanderbilt

Day 12

Saturday, November 19, 2011 – Day 12. Third day inpatient in the hospital. Still in lots of pain and on lots of medicine to manage my pain. The good news is that I started getting Neupogen shots to help kickstart my immune system to produce more neutrophils. I have 30 neutrophils today. We’re thinking about …

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Day 10 Part 2

Thursday, November 17, 2011 – We went to the doctor today. My bloodwork looked fine. I had told them of some pain in my rear and they said that the white blood cells that I now have may be going there to deal with an infection and that is why it is hurting. So we …

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Day 10

Thursday, November 17, 2011 – We made it to Day 10! Yesterday I had my second platelet transfusion. Before the transfusion I got Tylenol and Benadryl as a pre-med. I was already tired yesterday, and the Benadryl made me even sleepier! The platelet transfusion went fine, and then when we got home I went to …

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