{"id":4755,"date":"2006-01-21T22:29:22","date_gmt":"2006-01-21T22:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=4755"},"modified":"2025-09-29T18:35:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T18:35:47","slug":"day_13_transpla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=4755","title":{"rendered":"Day 13 – transplant plus 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I didn\u2019t post yesterday (so this post is likely to be a jumble) for the following reason: around 8 o\u2019clock as I was firing up the laptop the nursing tech came in to do the vital signs, including temperature. She does everything and then says, \u201cYour temperature is 38<\/span>\u00b0<\/span><\/span> (Centigrade). You have a fever. Are you having chills?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Well 38<\/span>\u00b0<\/span><\/span> centigrade is 100.4<\/span>\u00b0<\/span><\/span> fahrenheit. That\u2019s 100point4, not exactly a big deal. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But in very short order, the tech came back looking for a urine specimen, a big dude showed up with a chest x-ray machine and took a picture, a resident came around and felt me up, the nurse took six blood cultures, and then cultured my medi-port and all three openings on my IV catheter. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then I was given two different antibiotics by IV.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nancy my RN last night said, \u201cyour fever arrived right on schedule\u201d and tonight a different nursing tech said \u201cYour had your first fever last night? Well when you have your first fever it\u2019s a big shebang.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The mild elevation cleared up quickly, but I ran out of time to do a posting.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A few changes in things related to my mouth and throat pain and a few more visitors.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yesterday I got a morphine pump, which allows me to inject1\/2 a milligram of morphine through the IV, as needed (but not more often then 15 minutes.) I had been receiving one milligram of morphine every four hours, so it doesn\u2019t take a math whiz to figure I could get more morphine with the pump. The staff also said that another option was to have the pump automatically give me one milligram every hour and that\u2019s what most people settle on. But I think I\u2019ll stay with this configuration, where I have some control.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And it works very well. It\u2019s easy to get relief from the mouth and throat pain. If I\u2019m going to do something with my mouth (like talk a lot) they suggested taking a dose first. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yesterday I got a visit from Steve Valerio and his wife Jennifer. Steve was the match secretary and then the president of the North Jersey Rugby club for some of the time I was the club coach. A very charming couple (especially Jen). They gave me the book \u201cCoach\u201d, where writers reflect on the impact coaches had in their lives. And Steve wrote a beautiful note in the front of the book.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I also got a visit today from another player I coached, Greg Markowitz. He\u2019d donated some platelets and then came up to see me. But I forgot to take his picture!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Also, got my first shot of Neupogen \u2013 the drug which stimulates my bone marrow and newly transplanted stem cells to start producing white blood cells. If my good fortune continues and everything works out, I think it\u2019s realistic to hope to be out of here by next weekend<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I realized I have been miscounting the days I\u2019ve been here \u2013 today is day 13 \u2013 somehow I\u2019d added an extra day in there. Like all my errors, I can blame it on \u201cchemobrain\u201d. Will have to go back and re-number a couple of the postings.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here\u2019s a picture of Steve and Jennifer. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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