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@edb1123 Hi Elaine, when you were diagnosed with pneumonia and respiratory failure was this precipitated by a cold or viral infection? Or was this a GvHD event? You had mentioned being on Prednisone. Since that’s generally how our GvHD issue are handled, it got me curious. It’s fantastic you’re feeling so much better and back to walking daily. Finally there’s hope on the horizon for the frigid air in both our states! Can’t wait to get longer walks outdoors! Lori.

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edb1123 | @edb1123 | Feb 16, 2021

Hi, Lori:

In mid-November, I developed a bad cough so I went to Urgent Care for a COVID test and chest X-ray. Both were negative so they gave me a nebulizer with Albuterol and a cough medication. About 4 days later, I got chills and a fever of 102.5, so I went to the ER at my local hospital and they found that I had early signs of pneumonia. They gave me antibiotics and sent me home. However, four days later I was very short of breath and weak, so I went back to the ER. They found fluid on my lungs and early pneumonia, so they admitted me. I told the doctor that my Mayo Oncologist wanted me to be transferred there, so I went by ambulance to the Mayo Clinic on Thanksgiving night.

The Mayo doctors were not able to determine if the pneumonia was caused by GVHD, but the bronchoscopy sample didn’t grow anything so apparently it wasn’t an infection. The steroids were supposed to reduce the inflammation in my lungs.

Thanks,
Elaine

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