Stem Cell Transplant, D+Several Weeks

Jim again. Several of you have asked about Denise so here's an update post. We're still in the hospital five weeks or so after the last post in which I hoped we'd be gone in a week or so. Basically, it just takes a long time for one's GI tract to recover from the harsh chemo Denise received to prep for the transplant. She has very slowly improved with increased capacity for eating normally and reduced diarrhea and abdominal cramping, but that's been an up and down process. Right now, she's having a bit of a setback with a resumption of pain and diarrhea and will have a colonoscopy tomorrow to find out why. On the plus side, her transplant is solid, with strong blood cell counts except for platelets which are still low. This is getting kind of old.