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August 17, 2005 (Day +12)
By Neil | August 17, 2005
Sam is doing great. Still has to start eating & drinking again but everything else is looking great. Most of the antibiotics & antifungals will be discontinued tomorrow and it’s really just him starting to eat for us to be discharged. When we discharge, we’ll still stay up in Duarte for a few weeks since he may always bounce back into the hospital unexpectedly. The doctor explained it like this: by wiping out Sam’s bone marrow, we wiped out his blood factory. The stem cell transplant rebuilt the blood factory. Now it’s a new operation (same owner 
but there are always some hiccups with startup operations and that’s what will happen with Sam. His platelet levels will fluctuate and may need transfusions, etc.
One last thing: the doctor said that the biggest risk for Sam now is a relapse. Great news, in a sense, since this means the infection danger has passed. So, please keep Sam in your thoughts & prayers. The support has been wonderful.
Neil
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