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My Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT/SCT) story: Will you share yours?
Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) & CAR-T Cell Therapy | Last Active: 18 hours ago | Replies (581)Comment receiving replies
Good morning! Ooo today’s the big day…that proverbial first day of the rest of David’s second chance at life! Ok, I modified the phrase to make it work. ☺️
I’ll be thinking of you both today. I know this day has been a long time coming and now it’s here. I hope you’ll be less nervous once this day is past.
What a lovely photo of you and your husband! I love putting faces with the people I speak with so often!
At some point, it would be fun if you and your husband put a new photo in this discussion I started a few years ago of moments captured with a photo that wouldn’t exist if not for the gift of transplant.
Snapshots of Hope: Life on the other side of transplant!
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/snapshots-of-hope-life-on-the-other-side-of-transplant/
Sending an air-hug and positive vibes for a successful, uneventful day. ☺️
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Lori and all,
We are glad to be in positive numbers today is day 2. As you know transplant day turned into much more of an event than we had hoped. David became terribly nauseated during the transfusion and also had rigors. His nurses were calm and reassuring throughout and they got all the cells in. His symptoms went away after two doses of anti nausea meds and we were sent home.
He slept for 12 hours afterwards but is feeling good. We are concentrating on getting food and fluids and light exertion. Daily visit to station 94 was blissfully uneventful yesterday. We will be back today, then tomorrow be admitted for two days while he receives an intense treatment to help head off GVHD.
Trusting in the science and holding each other close with many friends and family holding us up from afar.