Post-transplant Day 55(11/09/06)

Charley was discharged in the afternoon because his shingles gradually shrunk to scars. Also, Charley’s somnolence/drowsy problem had been resolved after discontinuing several suspected drugs. This is probably one of the worse experiences Charley has had in his fight with the malignancy. We were relieved although his left leg was still weak and in pain.

Good news is that Charley’s hypertension is under control. A combination of an oral drug and a patch are prescribed until the drug side effect is gone. In other words, Charley has to take more medicines in order to prevent the second attack of zoster and hypertension. It’s challenging work to give him 10 drugs in total at home plus 16-hours of IV fluid per day. Dear Charley cooperates positively.

Charley was happy to get home. He enjoyed the gifts from his grandparents (Beijing) and his grandma (US) which were just brought back by grandma from Beijing. Poor Charley had been restricted in his hospital room for 9 days, initially due to a 7-day general quarantine policy and then by quarantine policy of infectious disease. In conclusion, Charley not only survived from pain and zoster but also earned surrounding people’s respect.