Rachel got another nosebleed around 12:30am so the nurse called to see if she could get the platelet transfusion sooner. They started that around 1:20am. It also wasn’t her blood type, so I think she got the last bag in the hospital and not one from the new shipment that was arriving.

She continued to get more fluids, antibiotics, and morphine throughout the day. They gave her a mouth rinse that had numbing medicine in it to try; it helped maybe for a few seconds and then just made her mouth taste weird.

The doctor guessed maybe Friday or Saturday for discharge. She needs to have no more fevers, white counts need to be clearly on the rise, and mouth sores need to be improved enough that she can eat and drink when she gets home.

Rachel was more alert today but still in pain.