October 20, 2014

It has been a crazy couple of weeks.  Meghan was admitted to the hospital this past Wednesday and began chemo the same day. From Wednesday to Sunday morning she had a dose of chemo every 6 hours then a different chemo drug yesterday morning and again this morning.  She handled it well till Thursday night.  Since then has been a real struggle for her.  She has not eaten since Thursday evening.  All of this is expected and normal, but not fun.  Tomorrow they will put a feeding tube in in order to get her some nutrition.  She is done with chemo till Wednesday, then will have two or three more days of it then DONE!! After that is it just a matter of waiting for her counts to go up and monitor her to ensure she has no side affects from Tim's bone marrow.

Tomorrow is Tim's big day.  He has to be at the hospital at 5:30 am and is scheduled for surgery at 7:30 am.  He has been amazing.  Just taking it all in stride and doing whatever is asked of him.  

It will be several hours after they take Tim's bone marrow before they can give it to Meghan as they have to clean it and do some other stuff to it before they can give it to her.  Meghan's part is easy, it will be given to her just like if she were receiving a blood transfusion.  Tomorrow is considered Meghan's "New Birthday".  

Once Tim's bone marrow replaces all of Meghan's, Meghan's blood type will change to be the same as Tim's.  Right now she is O positive and will be A positive in about 6 months.  Getting a bone marrow is like being born a brand new baby.  All the immunizations Meghan has had over the years will have to be re-given. 

Lot's of prayers needed to help Meghan get through the next 4-5 weeks. It 's been a rough road already and will continue to be for a while yet.  

Prayers for Tim that all goes well tomorrow in surgery and for quick healing.  He is a true Hero.

Michele