2nd Bone Marrow Transplant

Today was Nicole Bone Marrow Transplant day.  It is was a great day.  James stayed the day with Nicole up at the hospital.  The girls and I went out and did some shopping to get my anxiety down:) 

The nurse told James this morning that they would do the transplant today at 6:00 P.M.  We decided that we would bring the kids up about 4:30 and we would eat KFC for dinner in Nicole room together.  When I called James to tell we were on our way up, the nurse came in and told James that the transplant would be at 5:00 P.M.. I had Ana text my siblings of the time change and they just told their bosses we are out of here and they hurried up to Primaries to be with Nicole today. 

The girls and I got there about 4:45 and the nurse told us they just called and it will be at 5:30 P.M. Around 5:15 Roberto showed with James' bone marrow:)  He has been working on cleaning up and doing whatever they do since 6 A.M. this morning.  Long day for him!!

Here is Roberto walking in

Here is James Bone Marrow.  All that work for this much bone marrow.  Crazy!!

Her is meeting and visiting with Nicole.

 

I am so grateful that he willing to put in a 12 hour day for our little Nicole.  He tells it was mostly the machine that did the work.  But I know that it takes a lot of work to be sure the machine is doing it's job.

 

At 5:30 the Dr. Boyer and staff came in to sing "Happy BMT Birthday" It was a fun experience.  They put a banner up and gave Nicole gifts.

 

My oldest sister and my brother watching Nicole.  And Dayna, on of Nicole NP holding the sign.  

Nicole looking at all the crazy people singing to her.

James also received a certificate and shirt.

Dayna giving Nicole her gifts.

She LOVED the bunny:)

The quilt is so adorable and fun

 

 A cute fisher price store.

 

 

 

They give us a calendar to count how many days post transplant we are.  We also get to guess what day she will engraft.  I love that they added pictures of Kermit on the calendar and on Nicole's banner.

Now it is the time for the Transplant.  This is the easiest transplant you can receive.  This transplant was a lot different then Nicole first transplant they brought is a big bag of Nicole first donor bone marrow.  It looked just like a bag of blood.  Today they brought in a syringe with just bone marrow.  They completely clean out any blood with it.  It was a whitish color and only a small amount it took they nurse about 10 minutes to push it through Nicole central line.  

 

Here they are getting the line cleaned and prepared.

Here is another picture of the James's bone marrow.

Here is James' Bone Marrow being put into Nicole body.

 

This is the easy part; now we need to wait for her to engraft.  That is the hard part.  This where her body will start to ache and fight against the new marrow.  It will be along next couple of weeks for Nicole.  It is amazing to me how our bodies work.  They put the new marrow in and it will just know where to go. One day we will blog and explain more about what her body is doing and what engrafting means. 

 

We are grateful for all the support and prayers.  They truly strengthen us.