Back Home Again

           David stayed inpatient at Lunder 10 for 9 days, Memorial Day to 2 June. Last Saturday, 30 May, Jim and I flew to Utah for Sam’s and Savannah’s wedding in the Bountiful, Utah temple. Our son, Matt, took the train from Chicago, arriving in Massachusetts Monday evening, 1 June, so he was able to bring David home on Tuesday. Matt is staying with us for the month of June. As always, David is in a great mood, having a sibling visiting. Last night we played Ticket to Ride: Europe for three hours. Matt won, much to David’s chagrin.

            David still has a cough, due to the pneumonia. He doesn’t have much energy, but enjoys sitting on the couch and talking. He’s on an antibiotic, Moxifloxacin to treat the pneumonia. His nausea and throat pain are gone: presumably the clinical trial drugs caused those side effects.

            Today David went to Lunder 10, outpatient, for platelets. On Monday we’ll get back into the twice a week routine: Mondays and Thursdays at Cox 1, outpatient MGH. The WBC (white blood cell) count is good: 10.10. Hematocrit is 26.9, platelets were 8 before today’s transfusion.