Second Time Around
This weeks appointment was a tough one. We've been holding out for Mireya's body to make a turn around, but an additional chimerism test and the downward trending of her counts show her graft is failing. We were hoping to avoid a second transplant, but the next step...
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Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
Mireya was discharged from the hospital over the weekend. There was so much going on 'in the midst' of this hospitalization. We received a call from the Head of Peds Hemoc to discuss Mireya's positive blood cultures and the medical implications. What she did not...
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Midnight Fiasco
Mireya is doing well. The results of her blood culture will take at least 48 hours. She continues to get rounds of fluids and antibiotics. In the past, Mireya has had a reaction to one of the antibiotics and requires pre-treatment with Benydryl. Benydryl tends to...
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