Jour +24: Claude Royer unplugged

Claude has been taken off iv fluids, so he is now free to move around without his pole for a couple of hours every day. Although he is officially still in isolation, he was given the OK to leave his room as long as he wears gloves and a gown. He took a walking tour of the fifth floor today, and I think it did him alot of good to be able to get out of his room after 3 weeks! He has a rash on his neck, which we hope isn't the start of GVHD (graft versus host disease, a condition that occurs when the new immune system sees certain of Claude's antigens as "foreign") -- they are keeping a close eye on it. His white blood cell count was 1.3 today.