Matthew receved his Bone Marrow on Feb. 14th, 2008. His Sister Nicole came to Children's Hospital at 6:00 am to get ready for the big day. Everything went smoothly and Nicole donated 650cc's of Bone Marrow for Matt. To make things easier to calculate there are 30cc's in every ounce, and if you do the math, thats about 21 to 22 ounces of Bone Marrow. It looks just like a blood transfusion.
Nicole was in recovery for a few hours but was able to go home with her Dad around 1:00pm. Steve was with Matt while I was with Nicole so Steve took some pictures of Matt's new Birthday.
Matthew has had a few side effect's from the Transplant, but I told him that it was just his Sister giving him one more punch, He laughed.
Today is Post Transplant Day 3, and Matt is doing good. He is going to have Chemo on Day 1,3,6,&11 to help him NOT develop GVHD. They are trying to make him comfortable as possible because the next 10 Days will be very tough on him. At about Day 14 Post he should be able to show signs of some response to the Transplant. We are keeping a positive attitude because your mind has a huge influence on your recovery and Matt knows that.
Nicole will be going back to school on the 19th but with some restrictions, No P.E. or Dance Class for a week or two. Nicole is a true fighter and dosen't stay down for long. Steve and I are very proud of what Nicole has done, she is a very special girl.
Thank you all for your thoughts and prayer's, keep them coming I do believe that is making a BIG difference in the road we are going down. Thanks Again the Yantzer's
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Wow! There's hard stuff then there's Hard stuff! Way to go to all of you!!!
May time pass easy for all of you. I'm wishing nothing but the best!
Liz {candy bag lady}
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