Tag: pneumonia
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Back on the 14th Floor
George spent his first night in the hospital sleeping on a gurney in a private room in the ED. There was no bed available in the hospital for him, but they were planning to admit him to the bone marrow transplant floor in the Pavilion as soon as a bed became available. On Wednesday, he…
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Back in the Hospital with Pneumonia
After more than a week of coughing without ceasing to the point of gagging and retching, George finally decided something needs to be done NOW. Of course, we had messaged his team at UPenn and they didn’t seem particularly concerned. Had they seen George’s extreme exhaustion, his inability to walk to the front door or…
Diagnosis: Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). A Journey 