Sunday +18 (9:15 AM)

Jackie continues to run a high fever. Last night she spiked at 104.1 at 4:00 AM. At this point they don't have any idea why she is running a fever. All the cultures have come back negative so far. Her blood pressure remains good. An altered blood pressure could indicate an infection. It is possible that her fever is still a result of the engraftment or one of the antibiotics. They are going to have the infectious disease doctor take another look at her to see if the can determine what might be the cause. Today she is getting her 3-a-day IV antibiotic infusion as well as another unit of fluids this morning.

The results of the chimerism test is back. Keep in mind it was started earlier in the week (day +13 or 14?). The results show a 60% donor engraftment. They want to see a result in the 90s by day 30 and 100% by day 100. I THINK they are happy with 60%.

I don't have blood counts for today. I will have them by this afternoons IV antibiotics infusion.

Until Later,

Bruce and Jackie
Rochester, MN