It was 6 days in the hospital and it felt longer, but Michael is home. The intestinal infection was causing a lot of gut pain which made him very limited in what he could eat. With a new med for that plus a bland diet which he is not too fond of, it has helped. He may have had a kidney stone or it could have been the viral bladder infection causing irritation in his ureters. The bladder infection is much worse, which usually is just mainly uncomfortable. However, since his kidney function has started being elevated in the last week, he has to be watched closely for more pain or infection.
We did find out from the testing that Michael does have some Graft vs Host Disease in his gut in addition to the infection. However, they say it is mild and hopefully he will not have to stay on the steroids too much longer.
The hospital stay was hard due to the fact that he had several issues and treating one would cause problems for the others. We are still running into that at home.
Our prayer requests: for the kidney function to normalize, for the GVHD to resolve, his infections to resolve and no more infections, and to stay in remission and to stay out of the hospital.
Thank you for your prayers!!
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