WOW..what a Journey! Day +21
Sorry for the lack of updates. My journey took a slight detour to the ICU for about four days. I developed a blood infection (E-Coli), my lungs became surrounded in fluid causing my oxygen saturation to decline and I began to have heart arrhythmia. My central venous catheter became infected and I had to have it surgically removed and a PICC line placed. It's amazing that through it all, I had a one time low-grade fever of 100 degrees only lasting a few hours. I am now at Day +21 and have amazed my doctors. I am eating, exercising and gaining strength daily. After many days of my white cell count being at 0.1, I am beginning to engraft. My white cell count climbs daily and was at 0.3 last night.
Jill
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Jill, 58 y/o female dx with MDS-U June 2008, IPSS:Int. 2. Allogeneic SCT May 25, 2010. Relapsed January 2011. Started Vidaza (azacitadine) Feb. 2011; Currently on cycle #58 , IV, 5-days every six weeks. WBC 5.3, Hgb 13.0, PLT 110 (2/16/18)
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