Jour +74: This Hour has 22 Minutes

Claude has had two negative tests for CMV, so he is off the ganciclovir. He is also tapering off the tacrolimus (and we hope this won't be the start of GVHD, which he hasn't really had at all so far). He is getting some of his energy back. He is watching a bit of TV, and discovered that there are reruns of "This Hour has 22 Minutes" every day around lunch time. I heard him laughing out loud for the first time in a long time -- I'm sure its good for him.

Other news -- Emile has scarlet fever!! He started antibiotics yesterday and is already feeling better. He has been enjoying watching movies on TV for most of the day and eating pudding and ice-cream whenever he wants. He likes telling people that he has "scarlatine". However all good things come to an end and I think he will be back at school by the end of the week. Claude is on antibiotics too, as a preventive measure, and is staying with his parents for a couple of days to avoid the germs at home.