Day 0 (transplant day) & Day +1

Well sorry for not updating sooner...you know Murphy's Law? Well we are living it. Yesterday morning when the cells got here, they had a slit in the bag of cells. Well transplant was suppose to take place at around 4pm. Well the doctor came up and talked to us and said the hold up is in the processing of the cells. Apparently they lost a lot more cells than they had hoped about 50% of what they had collected had leaked. It of course leaked into another bag that is sterile but to be on the safe side they had to hols those cells over night in refrigeration and test them to make sure that they didn't grow out any bacteria. Needless to say yesterday was not as exciting as it usually is for a bone marrow transplant. The cells finally got here around 8 pm and it took all of about 10 minutes for those life saving cells to be infused. Now we sit and pray for those cells to grow and grow!

DAY +1 (Saturday May 28th)
I arrived back at the hospital this morning because Dr. MacMillian wanted to talk to me about the cells. Turns out that the cells did not grow any bacteria. So the lab is processing them and we are going to infuse the rest of them some time today. If there are enough cells we won't have to bother the donor again to give more. So we are praying that there is enough cells and that they get in there and go where they need to go and GORW, GROW and GROW!!!
Today is a low keyed day she has some throwing up earlier this morning but she is feeling OK now just a lot of loose stools which is to be expected with so much antibiotics that she is receiving and all the chemo that they gave her. The next few days will get a little rougher on her as the mouth sore are just now starting, she has the magic mouthwash for them, but really there is nothing that will help them but time. Pray that we see a steady rising white count with in the next 7 days!!!
I am sorry that these updates have been short and to the point, my brain still feels like it is in a fog. I am sure it is a lack of sleep and the stress that is going on around here.
Thanks for your continued support and prayers they mean a lot to our family!
Blessings,

Kelly