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He is awake, but to wiped to open his eyes. The wet wash cloth is
for his fever. His lips and cheeks are swollen from sores on the
inside of his mouth. His lips are caked with dried blood and magic
mouthwash (a local anesthetic for his mouth).
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Blood red eyes, lips blackened with caked, dried blood. Lips and
cheeks swollen. (I am not quite sure why this picture displays
poorly on the web but displays well while developing the page.)
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Even while feeling quite ill, Christian has time to check out what is
new in the nurses cabinet. He usually swipes as many rolls of tape
as he can get. Next Christmas I will only give him duct
tape.
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Just when you think he will not get out of bed until he is better, he
gets up and starts playing golf, chatting the whole time.
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Light saber fight. My hand is on the far right.
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Anders recovering after the bone marrow harvest. He went home that
evening. Finally he got to be the center of attention.
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Steve (a.k.a. Wiener, AKA one of our favorite nurses) dispensing the
bone marrow to Christian. Christian and Steve connected well
during the first days of our BMT stay.
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Christian receiving his brother's bone marrow.
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Hand washing station in the BMT unit.
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The room we were destined to inhabit for the BMT, before the
furniture was returned.
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