The late night from before ran into the early morning of Day 17. I had just settled down into bed around 1:00a to try and get some rest when a transport orderly came to my room to wheel me down to have a chest x-ray. After the horrible day and night I had had, the last thing I wanted to do was be in an upright position and take a stroll through the dark hospital. I also had to give a urine sample and blood cultures were taken from my port.
Twenty minutes later I was back in my room and my nurse came in to start the cyclosporine dose I had thrown up earlier. It ran from 1:30a-5:30. I slept in that morning until the doctors arrived and informed them that my rash had spread. They decided to go ahead and treat my rash as GvHD and I eventually received steroids - the go to treatment for GvHD.
I slept most of the day and was given a food supplement drink, Enlive by Ensure, to help balance my inability to hold food down. By evening, I felt much better and was able to walk laps.
My mouth was still slightly swollen but the nausea had passed. My eyes became very dry and itchy but saline drops helped them feel better.
More Enlive for dinner and oxycodone for a headache. Around 10:20p I was given methelpredalisone for the treatment of GvHD. More oxycodone and a melatonin to help me sleep. I was never so glad to be back in the hospital with quick access to medications.
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