Hershey

Monday found us in Hershey again for another check-up, which went well, although we're still dealing with some persistent GVH. Jeff was on his way down to almost no steroids when that bugger of a rash showed up again on his face, hands, trunk and legs. So, Dr. Claxton bumped the prednisone back up to 40 mg/day, which Jeff will take for about a week or until the rash settles down. Then we'll go back to cutting the dose in half each week until he can stop taking it altogether. Other than that, his blood looks okay...there are no blasts floating around in his bloodstream, his white count looks good and his H&H are holding steady. His platelets haven't quite found their footing yet, but Dr. Claxton doesn't seem too worried about it.