Day +15 The Tomato and the Cucumber

I have been at Hadassah Hospital now for a week. My blood counts are all coming up.
The platelets are lagging behind a little bit. Here is the printout from my week at the
hospital.

I've gotten in to a routine here. Get up, shower, eat breakfast... The hospital food is
interesting. Breakfast and dinner always have the same plate that has a whole tomato,
a whole cucumber, green olives, soft cheese and I still don't have a clue what is in
the little container with the blue top. It smells a little like yogurt.

The bad part about this plate is that I can't eat anything on it! I did wash the cucumber

once and then tried to peel it, but peeling a cucumber with a plastic knife just doesn't

work. There is also a hard boiled egg and 2 slices of bread. Sometimes a scrambled egg.

I can eat the eggs and bread.

I am sticking with the Neutropenic Diet just to be safe. 

Neutropenic Diet Guidelines

The big meal of the day here at the hospital is lunch. I am called out to pick what I want

out of a buffet cart. Then they bring the food to my room. This has become my favorite

meal of the day! 

The rest of my days have been resting and walking laps around the unit. I have to get my 

strength up and it feels so good to walk and stretch. Prof. Resnick came in to see me 

today. He was doing his rounds. What a caring and wonderful man! 

I am being released from the hospital in the morning. Marilyn's cooking will be heaven!!

As will the bed at the Vital hotel, my HSCT home away from home.

This has been a hard, but good week. Samira, the head nurse came to visit me yesterday

and she spent time with the doctor here and went over all of my blood counts. 

My faith in Prof. Slavin and his team at CTCI is very strong. 

The care of their patients is top priority!