Engraftment!

Last Tuesday we had a fairly routine appointment. We got set up to draw her blood and they had three tubes on the desk. I asked if they were pulling her engraftment studies today. We had to wait for almost 15 minutes for them to track down Ellen to ask. But sure enough the nurse came back with a whole stack of new orders. They pulled out 9 vials. Yikes! Oh but wait, Selene is amazing and sat there while he filled them all. She kept asking Mr. Pete to move so she could see Sesame Street over his shoulder.

We had another round of crying for cake while waiting for Dr. Olson. I still have no idea why this became a "thing." But I can't blame her.

In any case, everything at the appointment was fine and we just had to wait for all of the results.  This afternoon I got an email from Ellen saying that all of her cell lines came back at 100%!! That means that all of the cells circulating in Selene's blood originated from Ainsley.

Her B cells and IgG were both in the normal range and while her T cells are still a little low this is all good news. From my understanding T cells take the longest to come back, so that should continue to go up.

Her liver numbers were half what they had been, down to 250 from 500. But the top of normal is 50, so we still have a long way to go. At this point we are staying the course with the monthly antibiotic.  

We've been venturing out a little bit but we've become a little more cautious again after our sleepover.  That being said we were given the ok to spend a long weekend at the shore at the end of September! They said the 6 month mark loosens some restrictions and since we'll be staying a house owned by family and not swimming that it is fine. I'm so excited!

Other than that we are enjoying the summer, though spending way more time hiding from 95 degree days than I'd like. Kalina is growing and proving to be the most amazing little addition to our family. 

Also, a friend of mine through the Neutropenia group has just started her son's transplant at MOTT. They had to move into an apartment in Michigan to be near the hospital and will remain there for months after he is released for the follow up care. Today was day two of chemotherapy. Obviously your prayers helped Selene soar through so send them up for this brave and strong boy! 

Much love!

Would you expect anything else?

Dr. Selene

  

                                        

                                                      I cried when I looked at this list of 100%!

Freebird

Pug love

10 weeks!

Clinic last week!

Giving her pug stickers

2 months

Strong!

cooling off

"Look at my married dress!"