Often times in life some events are two steps forward and one step backward. The last 24-hours for me has been the 1-step backward.

It began last night as I was in my pre bedtime ritual and one of the items to do is check my temperature. For some reason it was elevated, not critically. So Sharon and I watched the fireworks here from our balcony and it was a great 20-minute show.

I went to sleep and this morning at the infusion clinic although my temperature was not elevated I had a coughing fit that caused me to lose my breakfast, so to speak. I have had a chronic cough for years, but since the transplant it has gotten worse. The team jumped into action and helped me to calm down, gave me an antiemetic ordered a chest x-ray, cultured me for all kinds of mean and nasty upper respiratory viruses and then observed me for some time to make sure I was oxygenating properly. I had an impromptu visit in the bone marrow clinic with my doc and she assured me the chest x-ray was fine and this was not going to be a constant problem.

I have been fatigued all day, back to my usual napping. Tomorrow I will have blood testing so can update my scorecard for you. My step count also took a hit today.

Nobody said this was going to be easy. I am now 1/3rd of the way into my 100-day journey here. I am sure we will have better days and step back days along the way. Thanks for following along.

Larry and Sharon