Post Transplant Day 4 Update

This is not a huge update of any kind, the last day has been pretty slow and uneventful (Thankfully!). Last night was Jared's first night at the hospital and it went pretty well. Since he was admitted his temperature has been flirting with the "danger mark" this mark is 100.9 degrees, once it hits this spot they have to check for infections, do x-rays, blood tests, and stuff like that. They kept a close watch on it, and it has finally reached that mark just this last hour. They did some blood tests and he is getting a chest x-ray right now, and he will start a new antibiotic. This is not uncommon at all, they expected him to get a fever and these tests are standard procedure. Jared is still unable to eat, so tonight they are starting him on IV nutrition and that should help a lot. Today his counts are seriously close to zero and will for sure be by morning if they are not already, so its all uphill from here :) One nice clever little thing that the nurse gave him today is a suction wand thingy, like you have at the dentist. When people have mucositis like Jared does they have tons of extra salvia in their mouth, so this helps a ton! 

Jared Using the suction 

Over the last two days we have had a wonderful day nurse, that is very sweet and right about our age. It makes it all feel a little more comfortable when you can relate to your nurse. We have also had two really good night nurses, so our stay this far has been about as enjoyable as it could be considering everything.... Jared is still positive and excited to have his counts at zero, because it means they will start going up within the next week. 

Last night I mentioned my amazing chair/bed, it really is a very creative design, but extremely slippery! While I am sleeping I feel like I’m going to slide right on the floor. I have been watching Gray’s Anatomy and Boston Med all day on Hulu, trying to learn all my doctor talk! 

Jared is doing well, as we are taking one day at a time! Thank you for your continued prayers!!!

 Carin Brought Us a new Flamingo named Go Go!