Margy had a fever again Thursday of last week. After some tests Margy was diagnosed with a fungal pneumonia. As mentioned in a previous post (Margy Admitted for Fever) , transplant patients are extremely susceptible to all kinds of conditions due to their low blood counts. A fever indicates an infection and so a fever can be a life-threatening concern with bone marrow transplant patients. This is why it is extremely important to sanitize surfaces in Margy's environment extremely often. Margy wears a mask everywhere except for the apartment where she lives.
Bone marrow is responsible for creating your blood cells, including your white cells. Since radiation and chemo and transplant, Margy's immune system is starting over again. Her immune system is like a baby's immune system. She will have to get immunized again for things she was already immunized for as a child: MMR, chicken pox, etc. Margy's doctors told her that as a result of her immature immune system, she will be sicker the next three years than she has been in her adult life as her system matures.
Margy continued to have a fever intermittently the next several days. Margy's doctors are treating the fungal pneumonia and hopefully she will be fully recovered from that soon.
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