Aubree's second chemo drug made her retain fluids so they had to weigh her night and day, here they are weighing her at night and she never even woke up. HA!
Here Nelson is after we checked into same day surgery. He was not to keen on these pj's, but he put them on for me and then posed! He was so good, he woke up at 5:30 AM to be there on time at 6 AM!
After they took us to a big room to weight for him to go back and talk to the Dr's. He was excited because he got to play Mario Cart, so the pj's were worth it!
Here we are chillin and waiting.
Nelson had some drugs before going back to the OR, so he got a wagon ride there, they wouldnt let him walk, and its so much more fun than a wheel chair!
We couldnt go back to the OR with him, and so here is the line that parents can not cross, the Dr is distracting him so he wont care that we werent going with him!
Bye Nelson!
I went to see Aubree before going home to shower for the day, here she is on the day of her transplant, waiting for her new bone marrow.
Nelson in his tiny bed after surgery.
After he woke up the first thing he asked for was to play Mario Cart, but he settled for a root beer slushy. He loved it and drank almost all of it.
Nelson playing with his toys that he got from strangers that had heard about what he was doing. We were so touched that people were so generous to our family.
Resting with grandma since we didnt have the Wii yet.
We finally got the Wii!
He did take a break to play with his cars every once in awhile!
Dave our nurse for the day setting things up for the transplant
Waiting. We were supposed to start around 3:30, but when we finally did start it was around 5:30.
The guy from the U who walked the bone marrow over from the lab.
Nelson's bone marrow. Aubree was suppose to get two bags like this. But they divided into two because Nelson's and Aubree's blood type do not match so they didnt want her having a huge reaction to the red blood cells that were left in the bag. As it turns out Nelson had such good bone marrow, if they would have given her both bags it would have been enough for 3 transplants. So they took the second bag and froze it just in case Aubree needs it later on for one reason or another.
Hooking her up and starting the transplant. The bone marrow team calls this the patients second birthday. These transplants are life saving, Aubree would have had a 10% survival with out it, and with it her odds jumped up to 90%. We liked them better. Because its a birthday to them they come and give presents to both the donor and the patient. They also sang happy birthday. It was really sweet.
Here Nelson is ready to go home, he really was that pale from giving his bone marrow. We have to make sure to feed him iron rich foods, and give him extra iron supplements to help him.
His bag of loot of everything he got. He really scored in the toy department!
Dave "washing" out the bag making sure that all the bone marrow gets inside Aubree.
We are done!! The transplant finished aroun 7:30 at night. We were all exhasted and so happy it was done and able to go to bed!
Nelson today, he is really tired but he has grandpa looking out and taking care of him. He also was playing with all his new toys! He loves them so thank you to everyone to gave him things!
We couldnt go back to the OR with him, and so here is the line that parents can not cross, the Dr is distracting him so he wont care that we werent going with him!
Bye Nelson!
I went to see Aubree before going home to shower for the day, here she is on the day of her transplant, waiting for her new bone marrow.
Nelson in his tiny bed after surgery.
After he woke up the first thing he asked for was to play Mario Cart, but he settled for a root beer slushy. He loved it and drank almost all of it.
Nelson playing with his toys that he got from strangers that had heard about what he was doing. We were so touched that people were so generous to our family.
Resting with grandma since we didnt have the Wii yet.
We finally got the Wii!
He did take a break to play with his cars every once in awhile!
Dave our nurse for the day setting things up for the transplant
Waiting. We were supposed to start around 3:30, but when we finally did start it was around 5:30.
The guy from the U who walked the bone marrow over from the lab.
Nelson's bone marrow. Aubree was suppose to get two bags like this. But they divided into two because Nelson's and Aubree's blood type do not match so they didnt want her having a huge reaction to the red blood cells that were left in the bag. As it turns out Nelson had such good bone marrow, if they would have given her both bags it would have been enough for 3 transplants. So they took the second bag and froze it just in case Aubree needs it later on for one reason or another.
Hooking her up and starting the transplant. The bone marrow team calls this the patients second birthday. These transplants are life saving, Aubree would have had a 10% survival with out it, and with it her odds jumped up to 90%. We liked them better. Because its a birthday to them they come and give presents to both the donor and the patient. They also sang happy birthday. It was really sweet.
Here Nelson is ready to go home, he really was that pale from giving his bone marrow. We have to make sure to feed him iron rich foods, and give him extra iron supplements to help him.
His bag of loot of everything he got. He really scored in the toy department!
Dave "washing" out the bag making sure that all the bone marrow gets inside Aubree.
We are done!! The transplant finished aroun 7:30 at night. We were all exhasted and so happy it was done and able to go to bed!
Nelson today, he is really tired but he has grandpa looking out and taking care of him. He also was playing with all his new toys! He loves them so thank you to everyone to gave him things!Thank you to my parents, we couldnt have done this without your help! Also you will notice that Aundrea is not in any of these pictures. Thank you Amy for taking such good care of her! I never have to worry about her when she is with you and you always take her so willingly whenever we need your help! Thank you so much!
We are so excited to start the next phase. No more chemo but Aubree will be on immunosupressents for over a year. We will still have to be careful and crowd free, but we have Aubree and it is ALL worth it. I would do it for years more if it ment having her here with us. She is really the trooper here and Nelson. They are the two heros of the experience! I am so grateful for them both!
