Escape from the Hospital

The Goods

The "goods" arrived and started infusing around midnight.  Finished the third bag around 8am.  Yes, three bags full.  I told you the donor had a large volume pelvic bone.

Still no more info on the donor.  Do you think she can tell we're talking about her?  All we know is she is 54 and has O-negative blood.  And has large volume bones.

Meaning Heidi is now a chimera.  She has some O+ blood and some O-.  Over the next few months her existing stock of O+ blood cells will expire (they have a limited life) and her new marrow will start making more O- until that is her predominate blood type. 

The big news is that Heidi is being discharged from the hospital.  Since the hospital is for sick people and she has no fever, she's getting kicked out.  We don't know how long that will last—as soon as she gets a fever over 100F or any of the other F's she gets incarcerated again.

Trying to remove a glove from my bro' David's ear

When the doctors came in for the morning evaluation and started discussing whether Heidi should stay, I piped up and told them that since the hospital is for sick people and Heidi isn't, she should get discharged.  At that point I could hear them thinking, "hmmm . . . he's not a real doctor, but he does have a master's degree—in science!"  And with that, they agreed.  Time for this one to come home.

Actually, it didn't play out like that at all because I wasn't here.  But that's the way I'm gonna remember it.

I didn't get to see the bone marrow bags either because I wasn't here at the right time.  Heidi said she couldn't get a good photo because of trying to sleep but people bothering her every hour.