(Written by Lisa): As we speak Jon is getting his donor's stem cells!! Yeah!! The nurse said they will probably take two hours or so to drip in...kind of like a blood transfusion. We found out something very interesting about his new cells. Jon is O positive, but his donor is A positive for blood type. His nurse said that eventually, Jon's blood will change over to A positive. Weird, huh?
This morning we had to be here at 8 am for Jon to get his TBI (total body irradiation), and of course they were running behind when we got here - you'd think at 8 am there wouldn't be a chance of them being behind! I'm just glad we didn't have a 3 pm appointment. The TBI made him quite sleepy (along with the premeds he had to take), plus it upset his stomach, so lunch wasn't a pretty sight. He got done with TBI around 10 am or so, and we headed down to 1 west, where his room is. They actually had it waiting for him. Right now he is sleeping while his cells drip in and occasionally nibbling on dry toast. Hopefully dinner will be better. The nurse said upset stomach is pretty common after TBI.
Both of Jon's parents are here this week with their RV. Security is letting them park right near the entrance by Jon's room, so they can come and go as they please. When the kids come to visit, they'll be able to have some time out in "PopPop's bus"! Actually, both of them call it "MomMom's coach" and "PopPop's bus"! It's very cute.
Hopefully later on tonight or tomorrow Jon will be able to update. Pray for him that his nausea would subside, and that he would have minimal side effects from the transplant.
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Still praying in Toledo! Thanks for keeping us posted.
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