We hit another bump in the road…

We hit another bump in the road… Before my stem cell transplant they told us there might be some “pot holes” in the recovery process. The most recent challenge required returning to the hospital for a few days when graft vs host disease attacked my liver. That is when my cells are fighting with the donated cells. I went to the hospital again in Feb./March for two weeks with pneumonia and then they transferred me to a rehabilitation center for physical therapy and continued infusion treatments for the liver problems. I had a liver biopsy and learned I had high iron, low phosphorus, low magnesium, and a need for some antifungal meds. I have a one hour infusion just before going to bed and then a 4 hour infusion starting at 3:30 AM that finishes just before breakfast. I still take about 20 pills a day and the latest blood tests show blood levels are returning to normal. I do have insulin checks because high blood sugar is caused by the steroids I am on. The blood counts and insulin counts are leveling out and stabilizing and the doctors hope this diabetic situation will disappear as they decrease the steroid dosage and my liver returns to.normal. I will be posting  a few more updates with more details in the next few days...