Today was a mixed bag. On the positive side, the white blood cell count went up to 0.32. On the negative side, spikes of fever continued, now for seven straight days. Fever itself could be a good thing or a bad thing. Could be a sign of engrafting. Could also be a sign of an infection. To that end, tomorrow Zevi will receive a CT scan to see whether there is evidence of a fungal infection. Bacterial and viral are, at least part way, screened for by analysis of the blood. And speaking of blood - various indicators other then temperature looked good today. Zevi's voice is still mostly gone and mucus is still being produced and spat out. Both might be getting a tiny bit better.
Zevi does continue to sleep a great deal, but the docs do not seem alarmed by that so far. The over all energy level today was pretty low, but during the night Skype session Zevi's mischievous nature shown through a little and his grin made an appearance. Mom is holding on. Another day is over.
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