A Long ProcessA person I have known for about four years is going through a screening process to have a kidney transplant. My eyes are "open" to seeing sickness now, he does not look well to me. He has been taking dialysis treatments and now he needs to get on the list and hope for a match.
A patient that Rene befriended must have a bone marrow transplant and this process is not fun either. Burkitt's Lymphoma in some cases requires such a transplant and Rene is very lucky that she didn't need one. The two weeks she usually spend after receiving her "toxic cocktails" for her nadir is nothing.
Day Four
Medically, nothing new to report about. She is moving along without incident and after Friday, she will be done with her chemo. She will then wait for her body and immune system to explode (nadir). Once that is over, she gets to come home and for the first time, tell the staff good-bye!
Last night I did not visit her and she had order her dinner from the hospital. Today, I must bring her dinner or suffer a pain that is worst than her going on a shopping spree. A close friend and Scrabble fanatic did come to visit her last night and they played a few games and caught up with each other.
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And Rene was the polite host and played poorly so her guest could win...
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