Jour +21: the neutrophils have arrived

Claude's white blood cell count is above 1 today, and his neutrophils (the white cells that fight infection) are at 0.59; this is at a level where they should help fight the lung infection and sinus infection.

Claude was feeling pretty bad yesterday and was having some trouble breathing. He is still on oxygen today, but is breathing much better. His fever is also lower today. The brochoscopy showed an infection, perhaps fungal. They took some samples that are being cultured. This won't really affect the managment though, since he is already getting both antifungal and antibiotics. He's retaining fluid (his feet are really swollen) and this is also probably the cause of some of his difficulty breathing (fluid in the lungs). He's been getting an iv medication for this and it seems to be helping.