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Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland does outpatient transplants. Patients are required to stay nearby for 60 days afterwards. Immediately following the transplant, you spend daily time in IPOP (in-patient/out-patient). The visits gradually become less frequent until you're released. If the need arises you are readmitted as an inpatient. The philosophy is that there are fewer germs outside the hospital, plus patients heal faster as outpatients because they move around more and generally have a better mental outlook.
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Karen, age 62, dx MDS RAEB-2 1/8/10: pancytopenia WBC 2.7k/Hgb 7.4/Hct 22.1/Plt 19k; complex cytogenetics -3,del(5)(q14q33),-6,+8,+mar,17% blasts. MUD BMT Johns Hopkins 11/30/10. Dx tongue cancer 8/31/12. ok now. blog mausmarrow.com
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