At our meeting Wednesday, we decided to go with my doc’s recommendation to do the growth factor, etc. drugs as well as the collection—as an inpatient, meaning that tomorrow at 9 am, I’ll be admitted to UW hospital for about a week. (Then I’ll be home for about a week and then I’ll start my 3-4 week stay for the actual transplant.)
This part of the process can leave people pretty tired and the doc saw that I don’t have many reserves so she felt it would be better all around to play it safe and be an inpatient. She also told us the GREAT news that immediately after the long hospital stay it would be just fine with her that we came back to our own house! (I.e., we don’t need to stay in Seattle!)
Got the line placed today. Not too bad, but I’m ready to sleep, though I’ve kind of been doing that all day.
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What great news that you can go home after your long stay and that Darren is going to be coming home - I am very happy for you. Thanks for continuing to share with all of us.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for keeping me updated. I am so happy for you that you didn't have to stay at the hospital the week you anticipated!! Also happy to hear everything went well. Now I'll be thinking and praying for you with the next stage.
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