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From Joe: Everything seems to be looking good today. Her temperature has settled around 97, blood pressure is stable and she looks\sounds really good.

The blood cultures came back negative today, but they will keep checking every day to see if anything shows up - that is great news! Also, her white blood cell count has risen to 1.4. Last time it took her three or four days for it to get that 'high'. Her kidney tests also came out well.

The doctors are expecting that she'll be well enough on Wednesday to move her out of ICU, so that's good news. Again, they mentioned today that she will be getting the Neupogen shot for her immune system every time she gets chemo, so that's reassuring.