It has been 1 week since Ryan's transplant. Even though he has a fever and mouth sores, the doctors think that he is still doing well. He still looks well and we went on our normal walk which takes about 25 minutes, so I think he's still feeling ok. One nurse practioner was in this afternoon to check to see how his throat pain was and he told Ryan that he'd probably have the sores until his counts started to come up. We need to pray that his counts will begin to recover soon so that the pain in his mouth and throat will go away.
Ryan still has his fever and they took more blood cultures tonight - they draw blood for cultures every day that he has a fever. He has been on antibiotics since last evening, but the fever is still persisting. The doctors think that the fever is probably being caused by the mucositis (mouth/throat sores). While I was there today we played bowling and golfing on the Wii and he tried to do some more tractor buying, but the guy had already sold it when he called.
Ryan is a little worried that the fever could be a sign of bowel trouble again. He has been taking some things to help keep him regular, but we need to pray that he will continue to have regular bowel movements and that the fever is not a sign of trouble there again.
We really appreciate all your thoughts and prayers that are keeping us held up during this time. 2 weeks down . . . we hope to have Ryan back to our "vacation home" before 2 more weeks are up!
-A
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