July 16 - 97 days post-transplant - Busy!
Wow! Has it been that long...One month since the last blog post. In my defense, though, I've been busy! The last 3 weeks I have been in the office on a very limited basis. To those that were rescheduled due to some medical problems I had, I apologize. Two weekends ago, I started with some chest pain which got worse AND mimicked the same pain that I had when I had pericarditis back in March. After a stay at the local hospital, I was subsequently transferred by ambulance to Johns Hopkins. The good news is that once I got on some prednisone (can't use ibuprofen or colchicine due to post-transplant), the need to use morphine for the pain subsided. Their best guess is that I had a recurrence of the pericarditis which was caught early (the echocardiogram didn't show any pericardial effusion [fluid]). Back home on that Monday 2 weeks ago. (2 day stay at the hospital) Another challenge is the pseudomonas bronchitis. A culture was done and showed that this bacteria is r