Rest Day before the New Life Giving Blood!!

Hello friends and family,

Today is Monday, August 30, 2021.  I just arrived to be with Mom at the hospital.  Sorry for the delay in updates, I was busy and distracted trying to prepare to be away from my family for awhile in Stillwater.  

Mom has been doing very good, with only a headache to complain about after they placed the port the first day.  They have been giving her 2 types of Chemo for the last 6 days to prepare her body to receive the new stem cells.  They have also been loading her with all kinds of anti this and anti that meds!! She is hooked up to 3 different bags right now! But today is rest day, no chemo, getting ready for tomorrow. 

When I arrived today I found Mom just like I pictured her to be, walking the halls and making friends with all the nurses and techs!! They just love her here already!! 

Tomorrow is TRANSPLANT DAY!  They expect to start sometime in the morning before 12 noon.  The process should take several hours, and is just like a blood transfusion the way they run it into her blood stream.  She will actually be sleeping during most of the process, and we will have a nurse in the room with us throughout the entire procedure.  This will be considered Day 0 and then every day from that point on will be +1, +2, +3, etc.........

We have been really encouraged by her rounding doctor, Dr. Matthews, who continues to tell her he thinks she will come through this with flying colors.  Also, our nurse tonight, DJ, is a bone marrow transplant survivor himself. He had one 7 years ago, and sat down to share his story with us tonight.  Very interesting and encouraging.  We are trusting God and so so thankful for all the prayer and support.

As I sit here and watch the sun set across Dallas tonight, I know we serve a God Who sees and knows right where Mom is.

With love,

JJ