Today has been a strange day! We spent most of it waiting. We were watching Flight Aware for when the courier would land in Cedar Rapids with the marrow cells. The plane landed pretty much on time. Then we had to wait for the cells to arrive at the hospital. Then we had to wait for them to run a few tests on the cells. Then we had to wait for them to get it all set up. It was a day of waiting but finally, around 8:00 p.m. we got the cells hung and started the transplant. As I write this, we are still waiting for the first bag to finish (9:50ish)and then we have one more bag to go. Plus they need to do vitals every hour for at least 4 hours once the transplant finishes. It’s going to be a LONG night!
They didn’t expect any type of reactions and we haven’t had any, which is a good thing. Over the next 3-5 days, they expect him to feel fairly normal and then he will start to run fevers and feel like he has a bad case of the flu. We hope that is the extent of the symptoms but, there could be other things.
PRAYER REQUESTS:
Today is a beginning for Tim (and the rest of our family). Please pray that this transplant leads to a cure for Tim.
PRAISES:
That the transplant is going well with no reactions or issues. We are thankful to the person that donated the cells to Tim. We pray that we will be able to meet them one day.
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