Today and tomorrow, Tony is getting another chemo (cytoxan). This one won't hurt the new cells, and is used specifically to target T cells. The hope is that it will prevent severe graft vs. host disease. They're giving him a lot of fluids and a specific drug that helps protect his bladder. Today was the first day they used all 3 lumens in his port at the same time.
The doctors have been nervous about his heart this week. He consistently has low blood pressure, especially through the night. They've been giving him several bolus infusions to try and bring his blood pressure up.
For the most part, Tony's being doing ok. He's had a few bouts of nausea, and he's extremely tired, but he's been able to walk the halls several times a day each day, and usually gets 2 full meals in. The doctors are expecting this weekend to be harder on him.
We found out his blood type won't fully change over to the donor's blood type for about 6 months. So they have to do blood typing every time they give him an infusion instead of every 3 days.
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