Day 47

Friday morning I woke up around 0430 and couldn't stop coughing and couldn't catch my breath.  So IRael took me to the ER and they gave me medications and calmed me down.  They also drew a bunch of blood cultures to investigate why I have been having low-grade fevers.  We were in the ER until around 0730, then we went to the BMT clinic and met with a provider there who changed some of my medications around.  My creatinine had also jumped to 1.9, so i received a liter of saline before they sent me home.

I spent the rest of the day sleeping and feeling crappy.  Then this morning I received a call from one of the BMT fellows saying one of my blood cultures grew streptococcus.  He said I could treat this as an outpatient, but because it is a weekend and additional testing needed to be done, he recommended that I come spend a few days inpatient.  So here I am again - room 4B-223.  So far they've started me on antibiotics and have drawn a lot more blood.  Otherwise I've been sleeping a lot.  We'll see what the doctor has to say tomorrow.  Hopefully I'll only be in for a few days.