Day 84.

Pauline here again.

Boone is looking better.  He weighed in at 127 pounds this morning.  The IV bag food must be really good stuff.  They put him back on NPO.  No food hoping his stomach and intestines will settle down.

Unfortunately, the verdict appears to e Graft vs Host Disease (GVHD).  I had thought that an infection would be worse than the GVHD, but by the looks on the doctor's face, I'm thinking the GVHD is more worrisome.  My doctor said if it had been a viral infection, that those are very hard to fight.  So yin and yang I guess.

It appears right now that Boone may be in the hospital for a while.  He's been in a week now, and the only thing we've heard is maybe a week or two more, maybe three.  ( Maybe more ?).  I hate that Boone is missing his last opportunity to be in the condo.  It has to be ready to show; as in empty and cleaned by June 25.

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Doc just came in.  Definitely GVHD.  They put him on steroids yesterday just in case.  Doc said he's glad he went ahead it did it before the lab results were back.  Now Boone is still NPO, they must tweak the steroids to get the right dosage, then hopefully to wean him off asap.  Now he's acting like if Boone can get off the IV bag, he might can go home in a week or so.  I do hope so.

Doc also said he needs visitors, especially at night to help with pulling him back to reality from the lucid dreams.  I suppose this is the classic "sundowning".   Come visit if you can.

All in all, he is much better. He's reading and watching Roadrunner cartoons.

Beep beep!