9/9/09 Lucky Day!

Well they say that 9/9/09 was predicted as a lucky day and we think so- Eric had his transplant yesterday 9/9/09!! It will be an easy date to remember as his "2nd Birthday".It went pretty well at the end Eric started vomiting, chills and trouble breathing they had to place him on oxygen and give him morphine to settle him down and then he slept through the rest of it but other than that it went good.

I asked Eric what it felt like he said that it was a really weird feeling kind of hard to put into words but that he felt like warm flashes/ flushes kind of like when you are sick with a fever and you break a fever. He said it was very different feeling but kept thinking of his donor alot. Eric couldn't sleep the night before I think he had so much anticipation and built up anxiety. After the transplant he had a bit of an anxiety attack they said which they say is normal for some patients.I am putting a picture of Eric after the transplant when he was having chills and placed on oxygen ) I think it's just cause you realize the importance of the transplant and it has been built up so much right up to getting it- alot of emotions.

The color of the bone marrow was interesting, the doctors and nurses say it always looks like this. It look like V-8 juice/ tomato soup creamy color but thick. ( I put a picture of it on here for everyone to see)It was an amazing process to watch and alot of emotions as well. Now the waiting and handling the bumps in the road, alot of milestones obviously this was a big one. They said that the next thing will be trying to get control over Eric's pneumonia, fungus infection on his lungs. About 7-10 days after the transplant ( so about Wednesday 9/16/09) Eric will be getting pretty bad with extreme stomach pain and nausea, etc., they say that is a hard and that continues for about 3 weeks or so until the bone marrow hopefully starts to graft into his body and make marrow.

The hospital Chaplin came in right after his transplant to pray with us, we thanked the Lord for the donor and his sacrifice and unconditional love. We asked the Lord to continue to help Eric with strength to get through this journey, to bless our children while we are gone and thanking everyone who has helped us is so many ways and supported us. We are indeed grateful for the modern day medical miracles that can save ones life. We hope and pray for the continued guidance from the Lord....

P.S. Thanks to the Young Woman Leaders of our home ward Val Verda 1st Ward for the cute ballons they sent to Eric- I put a picture on of them! :)