Hearing that there will be bumps in the road and living through bumps in the road are two entirely different things. We had hoped to be back in the apartment together tomorrow, Friday. The treatment for GVHD has gone well, but Ron has tested positive for a virus in his blood abbreviated as CMV. It has reactivated and is measured "in copies". This is a virus that he carried prior to the transplant, and they have been monitoring it. Because his immune system is suppressed, it has reactivated but usually responds well to treatment. So what does all of that mean? More days in the hospital until he can go on a pill form of the medication.
Ron did have his eighth bone marrow biopsy today. They gave him meds that made him feel better than he had in a long time. (his words). When he told Sarah, his nurse practitioner that, she said, "that's because you're doped up.". All of us laughed. Afterwards he slept well for about 2 hours.
Our best case scenario for going home keeps changing. There is a small chance that he could go off the IV and on a pill form some time this weekend and go home. But he will also have to be eating and walking more. He has lost 25 pounds in the 5 weeks he has been here.
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