Today John was able to eat all of his meals. He and the nurses have the timing of the zofran and meals figured out to make that possible. So he had french toast for breakfast, roasted chicken for lunch, and a crab cake for dinner.
His doctor plans to cut the steroid dosage in half on Tuesday and then see how the gvh responds and what happens to the CMV numbers; he still doesn't think discharge is likely until the end of the week. That works for us; we'd like John to be in as good shape as possible before he comes home.
The blood counts are down a little bit since yesterday. The platelets are at 77,000 so the anti-coagulant may be discontinued soon. The ultrasounds (of everything) show no clots; John is all clear on that count.
John had a walk and a shower today - both good for exercise. The shower followed by aquaphor lotion encourages the dead skin to fall off. There's really pink baby-soft skin underneath. John will literally be a new man before he leaves the hospital.
That's the news for today; things seem to be improving a little every day :)
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