Back to the Hospital
One week home is better than nothing. Chris was re-admitted to Barnes on Sunday Oct. 15th for some graft versus host disease (rejection) issues. Everyone gets some of these problems and usually has to be re-admitted. They warned us about this before he began the transplant. It is not considered a set back, just par for the course. So the course of treatment for gvhd begins. He is receiving steroids and was accepted into a clinical trial where he is also being given a T-cell
suppressor called MMF-standing for, I have no damned idea. They are trying to put his immune system to sleep for a while to keep his bone marrow (which is now Danny's) from trying to get rid of Chris' body. The meds will then be tapered off to see if the immune system and the body can "just get along." It will take at least 4 weeks before we know if the MMF is even working. Then the tapering will begin. If the tapering doesn't work, he may be on anti-rejection meds for a long time or forever. More later.
Terri
posted by Dad @ 12:52 PM
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3 Comments:
Sorry you're back in the hospital. Hope it gets taken care of. Strange imagining bone marrow trying to get rid of its body. What would it do if it was successful? A puddle of marrow on the floor saying "Ha,I showed that body!"
Anyway best of luck,
Tom and Connie and Katie
HEY! I'D LIKE TO HAVE A WORD WITH YOUR BONE MARROW...
Listen, moving into Chris's body is kind of like being in a new apartment with a totally different landlord. Right now, the new landlord isn't so sure about you and is thinking about kicking your ass out. You are going to have to be tough! Let him know that you're not leaving, that you like your new digs, and that you plan on staying - and quite compatibly so - in your brand new place... maybe get to know the neighbors, have a bar-b-que, a few drinks, do a little connecting.
As far as the new landlord goes - HEY, GIVE THE NEW TENANT A BREAK! Remember where he's been for the last 47 years.
Your sister may have to come down to St. Louis and have a few words with you both if you don't start getting along a lot better.
I love you, big brother~
Maggie
Sooo, Chris,I understand that people that have arguments with themselves are, well, WACKOS!!!
(haha, I make a little joke, very little!) but the reason Im in here is Tom, Kat and I are likely to be wandering around Ireland next summer. Is there somewhere you think you need info from for your ancestry stuff? Let us know and good luck with the Marrow stuff
Connie
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