jeudi, février 17, 2005

Jour +6: back in the hospital

Claude is still feeling pretty good, but was admitted to hospital this afternoon. Partly to avoid the sick kids at home (Pascal has a fever as well as the cough) and partly so they can keep an eye on his arm. I spoke to Claude just now, and he has developed a low grade fever so I'm glad he is there . . . .they did say fevers would start around day +7, so he's still evolving according to plan!! Things are supposed to start looking up around day 21, so we only have 14 days to go! Today he got more methotrexate, fluids, platelets and magnesium. . .. not to mention his regular cocktail of pills (antiviral, antifungal, antibiotic, antirejection . . . . pretty much anti-everything). The magnesium gave him terrible muscle pain in his legs, but he got some painkillers and is OK now. His parents brought him dinner tonight and his room has a nice view. I'll take a camera to the hospital tomorrow so you can see him in situ. . .