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Cam,
Patients usually fear those low ANCs, but during a transplant their white count is expected to drop to 0 before the new immune system kicks in. It's a bit mind-bending to think of it as a sign that things are going as they should. Kind of like becoming friends with your enemy, but only temporarily.
My wife explained another contradiction to me during her transplant. Nobody likes to be trapped in a hospital room, but after spending days in her isolation room while she had virtually no immune system, she started to feel protected in there. When they told her that her white count was high enough that she could go back to a regular room, she found it kind of scary.
I hope that the nausea is minimal and gone soon, and that your day of rest will actually be restful.
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