I won't say Stevan has had an easy go at his stem cell transplant but considering all that could have happened, he's done pretty well. He's had some nausea, which we got under control pretty quick. His sense of smell and taste has been distorted to the point nothing smells or taste good, but he has managed to eat something each day.
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| This is before the head shaving. |
The worse part of this whole experience has probably been the pain in his ribs on the right side due to the Nuelasta shot, which helped boost his white counts. His constant diarrhea has been another pain in the butt, pun totally intended. He's had it since day 6, which has inflamed his hemorrhoids. For the last three nights, he has struggled to sleep well, which has got him almost delirious to the point he's dozing off and on, talking in his sleep, dreaming crazy dreams and then waking up. It is not a restful sleep. Last night they gave him Vistaril, but it did nothing.
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| Halfway through the shaving. |
Yesterday he discovered some of his hairs were falling out. Before he took a shower last night he decided to go ahead and shave his head and face, so that it wouldn't be falling out into his food and in the bed. He gave me the privilege of shaving his head. We tried to have a little fun with it, as you can tell with the pictures I took.
We have had high hopes that we would be home by June 8, next Friday. This morning, Dr. Holter told us that his counts were coming up on their own fairly fast and she was looking at sending him home by Tuesday!
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| And its all gone. |
Red Cells 2.85
Hemoglobin 8.7
Platelets 36
His potassium has been so low, probably due to his diarrhea, that they gave him 80 mEq last night and then again today.
Stevan ask for continued prayers for him, primarily for his sleep. He's exhausted from lack of sleep.
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