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Posted 2018-05-05T17:34:38Z

Day +10 |5-5-18|

It's been 10 days since Mike received his new cells. So far, he hasn't had any major side effects. They monitored him very closely for the 9 days he was in the hospital, always checking for low blood pressure, high heart rate, or fevers. These are the more common side effects they would expect to see, although more severe ones like neurological problems could arise as well. Luckily, he hasn't experienced anything too unusual. One afternoon he felt a little light headed, but they gave him some fluids and he was back to being his ornery self. Yesterday he was discharged from the hospital to a local hotel for another week. He said he has never been so happy to not have to record his fluid intake and urine output! I was mostly just happy to get to sleep next to him in the same bed. [...]