Torger went in on Wednesday for his Day 57 bone marrow biopsy. We won't know the results until next week, but Dr. Tse did warn us that we have to be on the lookout now for pneumonia and fungal infections, which tend to hit hard after Day 50. Just when we thought we were almost in the clear! But we'll just wait it out. We're very much in waiting mode now as we get through the second half of the hundred days.
Torger hates the biopsies (with good reason--they hurt), but they're the only tool we have to know if any leukemia cells are coming back. Otherwise, Dr. Tse is very happy with how Torger's doing. He continues to have just the right amount of GVHD showing up on his skin, and his kidney and liver function are doing much better. We got a little bit of a laugh when Dr. Tse told us that the BMT team is "all very fond" of Torger. That's such a nice thing for a doctor to say. (Of course, Dr. Tse is also the one who, in his medical notes outlining the initial transplant protocol, described Torger as a "pleasant 52-year-old white male.") We chuckle because of Torger's well-established reputation as my Old Man Grumpus, but the truth is, he really has been a good sport through this whole thing. Of course, he's back to being grumpy today because he's sore from the hole they drilled in his hip to get the marrow out. Having watched the biopsy, I think he's more than entitled.
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Yikes...drilled a hole in his hip!
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