I just got home from th hospital and I'm very tired. Steve was admitted on Friday due to some unexpected complications. His blood counts were low on Friday as we expected but so were his platletes, he was dehydrated from vomiting and a recurrence of a c-difficile infection and he had a fever of 100.4. He was admitted to Santa Monica Hospital and is taking 3 different antibiotics. His platelets have continued to drop and so today he received some donor platelets and a blood transfusion. He's finally eating again and would tell you he feels better.
Our biggest concern is that his blood counts are not trending upward. Since he's been "tentatively" scheduled to have his stem cells harvested on Tuesday we thought we would see a huge increase by now. You could say things are moving in the wrong direction. All his counts are extremely low and therefore he is at a greater risk of an infection and bleeding. Our prayer is for his body to start producing the blood prouducts he needs so he can get better, come home, and move foward with the transplant. Not to mention, I miss him terribly:-(
Robert Sugino and I are both praying right now.
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