On December 6th, 1941, somebody probably looked out over Pearl Harbor and said, "All is clear in the harbor". We all know what happened the very next day. Well, that's kind of how yesterday went.
Not more than a couple of hours after I made yesterday's blog entry, serum sickness struck Jo pretty hard. She slept through most of the evening and then fought with side effects again in the middle of the night. The good news is that because she is still here with her PICC line, they are able to give her lots of medications to immediately combat the sickness.
By early afternoon today, Jo was feeling pretty good again. The doctors have actually started arranging for us leave the hospital on Saturday. Depending on how Jo feels, we may hang out here for an extra day or two, but the doctors said that as soon as we are discharged, we are free to fly home.
Jo will then come back to the NIH in 3 months, again in 6 months and then every year on her anniversary of the treatment for checkups. One important part of the government research is to follow how their patients respond in the long term.
We were given marching orders to take back for Dr. Alvarez. Jo will still see him a couple of times per week, shipping blood samples back to the NIH on a regular basis. The NIH will also be actively involved if anything major comes up, like an infection.
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