While Richard was in the hospital, he developed blood in his urine. It wasn't much, but any bleeding is a concern when platelets are low, so he was scheduled to see a urologist. In the meantime his WBC started to come up, meaning that his new bone marrow was starting to engraft. This is a good thing. Anyone who has had a stem cell transplant has that fear that maybe it won't take; the cells won't reproduce and then what? So it's a relief when those numbers start to come up. Here's the count:
After his counts started up, the mouth sores healed rapidly and he was able to eat; not very much and mostly liquids, but he was able to get in the required 1000 caloories a day to get off TPN. Out of the hospital and back to the apartment. Crisis number one resolved.
After his counts started up, the mouth sores healed rapidly and he was able to eat; not very much and mostly liquids, but he was able to get in the required 1000 caloories a day to get off TPN. Out of the hospital and back to the apartment. Crisis number one resolved.