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Day +1
Not too much to report – when I came in this morning Avi was attacking a huge omlette and the day has been quiet and uneventful since – talking to the medical team which is very encouraging, some...
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Day +2
Basically, all is going well. Another night passed quietly and uneventfully – I rested well and feel quite energetic. I walk the corridors as needed, my appetite is good etc. All my vital signs...
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Day +3 — hospital discharge!
Things continue as well as they can. Avi got another tiny bit of chemo this morning and after that was discharged from the hospital! We walked the 8 blocks back to the apartment easily, despite the...
View ArticleDay +5 — Boring
So, it is Day +5, and the 3rd day since we got back home from the hospital. All in all, I must say that I expected much worse from reading and talking to other people who had a transplant. The main...
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Days +6, +7
It's a week since the transplant! We are falling into a routine. The hospital calls every night and tells us when to come in the next day. Once we get to the hospital it's blood tests, an infusion of...
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Notice the title – we are into "Days" with double digits! So Avi's white blood cell count is creeping up – very very slowly but even so this is very good news and we and the medical team are very...
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Day +11 - Family Weekend!
Everybody arrived safely and we are having a great time together. Avi and Yuval met Nuri for the first time to their mutual delight. The pics attest to everybody's happiness at being together. There is...
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Day +15 — Engrafted!
What is the next number in this sequence: 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.7, 1.3, 3.8, 11.8? It may be hard to guess from what looks like exponential growth, but the next one is 11.2, and this is good! The sequences...
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Day +18 – Leaving the Red Team
With all the good news about Avi's recovery they decided he does not need any longer the special tender care of the Red Team. So today was his last visit there – his numbers are good and rising, the...
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Day +21
It is 3 weeks after transplant! Today, after three days of vacation, I am back at the hospital for tests and some treatments. All in all, the blood numbers continue to be great, and my doctor is very...
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Day +24
Yuval and Vivian left, Oded arrived! So the sleeper sofa continues to be very useful and even reasonably comfortable and we are very happy with all the company. We went for a long and cold walk in...
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Day +30 – A month old!
It is getting hard to find “news” as the past week has shown, and so the rate of our posts may go down. Be assured that this is a good sign!As some of you may know, transplant teams at hospitals like...
View ArticleDay +40
A quick post as there is nothing much to report. Avi is doing well and is getting stronger. He even started growing back some facial hair! The last ten days were very uneventful – we took some walks,...
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Day +46 – More milestones
Things here continue to move along nicely. Here are a few more milestones from the past week. Yesterday I got the last scheduled treatment at the hospital! From now on, if all goes well, it will be...
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Day +52
Happy holidaysThis is certainly happening here. Most of the family is visiting again for a week — here is some of what we did:...
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Day +60: Happy New Year
Another week flew by. All visitors left a week ago, and so did Edna who went for a week to Israel (as I write this she reported landing back at Newark, and will soon be back here!). I stayed at home...
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Day +67 - Home!
Thanks to Tal and Yaeli who carried, drove, carried some more! Thanks for all the balloons, welcome home decorations, and good wishes. It's good to be home!
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Day +74 – Geese, Flu, etc.
A week at home passed quickly, and we are getting back into the old routine. Edna is back to work (she never stopped working in NY, but now she is actually going to work). I went to IAS only one day...
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Day +81: Never a dull moment
Another week at home passed by. And just as it started, we got a taste of what my doctor predicted, namely that GVHD will start to manifest itself one way or another. He was even more specific, saying...
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Day +89 : Routine?
It is probably impossible to predict what will become “routine” for us, but clearly, we are not there yet. It seems that now our number of MSK visits increased, with the symptoms I described last time...
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