Day +16

I haven’t had a fever since I wrote about it on day +14.
The white blood cell counts are what matter for discharge from the hospital. The threshold for all types of white blood cells is 1.0 (1000 cells/mcL), my level has grown to 1.3. Apart from the total amount of white blood cells they also look at the amount of neutrophils. White blood cells can be subdivided into neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, lymphocytes, and monocytes. The neutrophils are the first responders to attack new bacteria or fungi. That is why their level is important; they pretty much do the work of the antibiotics and anti-fungus medicines.Their level has to be at least 0.5 before discharge. Today my level was 0.46, reason enough for the doctors to believe that later today it will surpass 0.5. They have stopped my antibiotics and anti-fungals.
If all continues to go well, and I do not develop a new fever I can go home tomorrow.