U of C Day 9B - Transplant Over

The second half of the transplant is over. They infused one unit of cord blood and it was fairly uneventful. Thank you to whoever the family was that donated that cord blood. It literally saved a life and we are so grateful! After all these weeks of waiting, it seems a bit anticlimactic that the transplant is over. But what's important is that it's over and now we being the journey of recovery. So what we are waiting for now is to see how Leo's body takes the cells. The doctors said that it will be about 14 days until Leo's blood counts start to improve. It will be a long wait.

Leo is feeling better now that he's slept off the Benadryl they gave him earlier. He's starting to eat again and says that he can start tasting food again. So those all seem like good signs, but at this point, we'll just have to wait. The doctors did say that he will go through a rough patch likely mid to late next week that could consist of severe nausea, severe vomiting and severe diarrhea. Not looking forward to that, but it's all part of the recovery process.

One thing that I forgot to mention last night is that we ordered pizza from Italian Fiesta Pizza, more commonly known as Obama's Favorite Pizza Place, or OPP. Hahaha....totally had to throw that one in. The pizza was pretty good. I can see why our Commander in Chief likes it so much. But really, the chicken wings took the show away. We were convinced they were laced with crack they were so good. So the place has my recommendation and I will certainly be ordering from there again! Just in case anyone was wondering...

If anything exciting happens tonight, I will update again. Otherwise, thanks again to all the good wishes and prayers everyone has sent today. We're so lucky!