Today has been a pretty good day for Lynn. Because she can't take any pills they have to run all of them through her IV so that means it runs steady from morning until mid-afternoon. The day nurses earn their keep in ensuring everything is running smoothly and on time.
No word yet on whether Lynn's cough and congestion is from fluids or an infection. They continue to run some broad spectrum antibiotics just in case. We're still waiting for the results of some blood cultures and yesterday's chest x-ray.
Her pain is getting better and she has better control of it with the morphine pump (although she's having some interesting dreams as a result :) When she's resting she's okay, it's talking and swallowing that are still difficult. There is a change though, in that she said she's starting to get her appetite back and has tried a little bit of soft fruit or yogurt and something to drink with each meal. Once her white cell counts reach 1.0, the nurse said her mouth and throat will start to heal and she should be able to eat and drink more readily.
Today Lynn received a GSVF (?) injection - it helps to boost the production of stem cells so that they start growing and pushing out of her bone marrow and into her blood stream. This is the same injection that Susan received when she was being prepared for her donation. Lynn's white cell counts have gone up by 0.1 each of the past two days and we're hoping to see this go a bit faster her as we approach two weeks post-transplant. Her platelets are increasing since her last top-up (on the 26th) - all good news.
Her hair continues to fall out and she's promised herself not to let it get too patchy so we may be using the clippers in the next day or so.
Otherwise, her spirits are improving and she's hoping to be strong enough to at least get out on pass for a few hours this weekend.
Thank you for all of the comments, e-mails and calls. They make a world of difference.
With love,
Irena
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