August 12, 2025

It was even later when he was given the drug to make him pee and after 2am by the time he finally fell asleep.  That was around the time he had platelets.  They also gave him some later in the day as his count was down to 1 at the 4pm check.

One side effect from transplant can be Venous Occlusive Disease (VOD).  Though Marlon didn't really seem to present with most of the symptoms, one can be inability for the platelets to “stick”.  They gave him an ultrasound this morning to check his liver and all is well.  

When Marlon heard the words for VOD, he said Introverted Pizza Disease.  That one had me stumped.  He said he saw a video about how long it would take to cook a pizza on Venus and occluded made him think introverted.

He plays word games.  Yesterday’s nurse was called Nina.  He responds with balloon.  That is his nickname for her (99 Luftballons).

His evening nurse was Angela and his nickname for her was Niko (DiAngelo from Percy Jackson book).

Last week, he had a nurse called Kerrigan and his nickname for him was Crow.  He came to that from Morrigan, shape shifting goddess.  Kerrigan did say that one meaning of his name is Crow.

Word games.

Gotta play somehow.

On the shores of the St Lawrence River many many moons ago.