Since yesterday, everything is going surprisingly well! All the fever was gone, the itching was much better and (very important) the hiccups stopped. I started to eat a little bit again (I get most of my food from an infusion). This all means that the stem cells have started producing new blood cells! The doctor released me today from the strong quarantine, so today my (healthy) visitors can just enter my room without the masks and all the rest. The doctor was also talking about going home by the 31th of December!! But I don't dare to hope something like that! It was the assistant who said it, I wait for the supervisor to confirm.
I just went for a walk down the corridor here, and even though it cannot be colder there than 20°C, I felt very cold, I'll have to get used to temperature changing again. It's also maybe because for the first time, all my hair is gone!
I talked to the supervisor and he confirmed, they're planning my going home on Thursday! Two more days! I will be at home for New Year's Eve!
As you can see it's quite early for somebody who hasn't got anything to wake up for. That's because I get steroids. A few days after the transplant I had some nice days but from Thursday I started a new fever. If that wasn't enough I started having hiccups (de hik), and in here that's not funny as normal, I have it for hours and it keeps me from sleeping. I also have a lot of red skin marks and itching places, but the doctors say it's normal, and even good, as long I can bear it. The fever is gone now so that's one thing less. They've also found a good treatment for the hiccups, but it's just not good enough yet...
But the doctors say I'm quite on schedule, so that gives hope. At least I will be home within two weeks.
