Big Weekend

Brooke in her exersaucer "reading."

Today Brooke ate some cereal! Not much, like 2 tablespoons, but considering she hasn't eaten in 6+ weeks that was a good thing. She has tube feedings going very slowly and she does get the dry heaves. So she is on medication to help with the nausea. She is also still on the TPN, until her tube feedings are tolerated better. Her blood work this week showed 4% of her cells are Megan's. That is a good start. Because they haven't done a transplant this way before no one is sure what to expect. Other studies have shown it can take 3 weeks or it can take 3 months. Her tests also show that there has been a slight increase in T cells (the cells that fight infection). That is a good thing. So we feel we have a baseline and well see what next week's numbers say.

Miss Ashley called me tonight and said, "hi mommy my training wheels are gone!" What, she learned how to ride a 2 wheel bike without me!!! She is so super excited. Steve took off her training wheels and away she went. Good job dad! They emailed me pictures and a video, so Opal (our nurse) and I watched her. So fun!!