These are some pictures of Scarlet's Happy Transplant Day that was Sept 18th. I thought it would be cool to put up a picture of the marrow. I had no idea what marrow would look like. The marrow came the same day as the radiation and had to be filtered for any bone fragments. It is just marrow and red blood cells. Her hematocrit levels were through the roof and she was bright red for days. The picture of Scarlet in the crib is her right after radiation. She, fortunately, didn't have to have any chemotherapy as originally planned because of her cytomegalovirus (CMV). She only had to have a small dose of 2-gray radiation which didn't even give her mouth sores like so many other kiddos. We have been so very blessed. The last picture is of Scarlet actually getting hooked up to her marrow by her nurse Katie. The marrow was given through her hickman line and infused over 5 hours. The whole event was anticlimatic but the nurses came in and sang her happy transplant day and Charlie and I bought a couple pieces of cake to celebrate. It was a really happy day for us, it seemed it would never come.
2 comments:
What a strong little girl. She's one tough cookie.
man you have a lot of scrapping to do!!
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