BMT: Aplastic (Day +2)

Over the last week, Clark has had some mysterious night fevers. During the day Clark is happy, and his energy level is high. Nothing out of the ordinary; however, starting around midnight, Clark has a fever for a few hours!

This is puzzling the doctors. Clark continues to have blood drawn to check for bacterial and viral infections. Today he also had an ultrasound for his spleen, kidneys, and liver to find out if there is an abscess on any of his organs causing infection. The most likely cause of this fever is a reaction to one of his medicines. The precautionary tests are purely to rule out a more serious cause.

But outside of this strangeness, everything else is pretty routine.

Since Clark is now technically 2 people, I decided that Clark’s new alter-ego needs a name. When Clark is acting like himself, he will be know as Clark – obviously. But when Clark starts acting unusual, or just not like himself, or simply grumpy… He will be known as “Heinrich”.

It took some time deciding on a name for this alter-ego, but since the donor is European, we thought it only appropriate to give it a strong European name. In the case of a bone marrow donor, race is a big factor that makes the HLA markers match. Our doctors noticed mostly Irish and German markers in our DNA.  So I decided to go with a classic German name to give homage to our German DNA.  Heinrich was the obvious answer.  I don’t know why, but I love this name. Especially when spoken with a strong German accent!

4 Replies to “BMT: Aplastic (Day +2)”

  1. We are counting down the days till Clark and Mommy come home. Keep up your energy little Clark. Lots of hugs and love …….

  2. Great Grandmommy would be cheering the German name. I remember her taking lessons to brush up on her high school German before taking a trip to Europe. Grow cells, grow, we are all cheering hard! love Aunt Sandy

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