Day 14 "Stan is in the house" (actually in the apartment

We were told at 11am that Stan would be discharged from the hospital today--and exactly 6HOURS later--we were finally on our way to the apartment.We got in just in time to miss the thunderstorms and flash floods on the roadways.
The Doctors are guardedly optimistic--they say "at this time--allthings look good". We now need to do everything in our power to keep Stan from getting any infections. We were told that approximately 50% of all Stem cell transplant patients get Graft versus Host disease. So far ,Stan has had no symptoms (but he is still on steroids and antibiotics). We had to pick up 18 bottles of medicine from the pharmacy before we left the hospital--you can imagine how trying it is to make sure Stan gets all the right meds at the right time (and we are still testing his blood glucose 4X per day and giving insulin as needed.)
We also found out today that I will be learning togive Stan his IV meds in a few weeks (yipeee)(I do not know why they are mistaking me for a nurse-type person!)
For tomorrow,we have to be back at the hospital early for Stan to give a blood sample and the he will be in th ATC (ambulatory treatment center) for 4-6 hours having infusions of magnesium and IV-IGG and any other fluids he may need. This will be our schedule for the next two weeks. If he is doing well, we may get a weekend off in September.
Stan wants to thank EVERYONE for all your prayers, good thoughts, calls, emails and cards--they mean so much. This is much harder than we can explain and you are all making it possible to give Stan another chance at life.
He also continues to lose clumps of hair at a time. I offered to pull out strategic clumps to make a design on his head. Soon he will be shiny and bald--his suggestion is that maybe he could sell advertising space on his new glossy finish head. Any takers?!?!
Until tomorrow--we love you all!

Leslie and Stan