Friday, September 23: Day +30 (after transplant)

Ron will remain in the hospital until at least Tuesday. The IVs for the CMV virus (called the induction phase) require larger fluid IVs as well, and it is too much of a balance to administer at home. I was willing! After the virus is undetectable in his blood, he will have a maintainence pill for CMV for 14 days. So in summary, he had 3 weeks in the hospital, 1 week in the apartment, and now 2 more weeks back in the hospital. Hospitalizations following a transplant are the norm, but it is still difficult.