I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving today! All things considered, we had a very good Thanksgiving. Peter felt good all day. He walked 7 laps at one time, almost .5 miles and felt a good tired when he was done. All the soreness he had yesterday was gone. They continue to change his meds from IV to pill form. We brought a large pill box with us and I think it will be filled with his daily meds.
I got to his room about 8:15 so I was there for rounds. His white blood count is 3.1 - the low end of normal is 3.2, so he is doing well. The swelling in his left hand and arm has decreased, actually it looks almost normal. His rash looks much better and hardly itches at all. The main concern right now is his eating, or lack of it. He says nothing looks appealing and he cannot think of anything he would like me to bring in. A friend of ours who is a cancer survivor says she lived on peanut butter and crackers for quite awhile so he is trying that - Thanks D.W.!
About 10 today Sue, Peter's nurse for the day came in with some good news that we had been waiting for. They took blood last week and sent it off to be checked. The results came back today: in his blood there are no cells left from Peter, all the cells are donor cells. Of those cells 98% are male and only 2% are female. So the little boy came through as the dominant donor. This means that he has engrafted the donor cells and the best part is that there are no cells of his left.
Oh, by the way, Percy Sledge sang "When a Man loves a Woman".
The kids and I met for brunch today at 11 and walked away stuffed. They came to visit at the hospital and then they needed to head out early. Kim and Todd had another Thanksgiving meal in Columbia and Heather was going to an "Orphans" Thanksgiving and then head to the beach to spend some time with the "gang".
Things should be pretty quiet this weekend, I may be Peter's only guest. He is feeling well so visitors are definitely welcome.
If things keep going well he should be discharged from in-patient status early next week.
Thanks for your prayers and your support. It makes this whole ordeal livable knowing we have such a good support group available to us if we need.
Wendy
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So glad that he is progressing. Had a good flight back. It's cold here, wish I was back in N.C. Our love and strength to Peter, and thanks again for the wonderful visit. Sylvia
Roger and I want to come and visit on Saturday afternoon. We are looking forward to seeing you both. Bunny
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