Day 7

Day seven referes to the number of days post transplant. The day of, is day zero. Two weeks prior is day zero minus 14.

Judah is resting with a black ski cap and head phones. His mouth is slightly open and his lips are pale. Today he is talking. In the past few days its been difficult because the esophogial lining is worn out from chemo. The tissues are covered in sores which bleed and cause endless aggrivation in the throat and upper chest.

"It's such a beautiful song." He tells me. It's Bono and Pavorrati singing about Sarajevo. "If you need me," he says, "I'll be out of touch for a while." And he goes back to sleep.

He gained 12 lbs. They think he is retaining fluid and they will treat it with Lasix. He's on a morphine drip, liquid nutrition and various other IV's.