Day + 19

Well, today started out pretty bad. Terry had to have a Neupogen shot yesterday and instead of his white blood cells coming up, they went down to .32. This was puzzling to the nurses and doctors so Dr. Vaughan decided to do a Bone Marrow Test to see what was going on. Meanwhile, Terry got Platelets and slept a lot from the medicines for the test. Later today, Dr. Vaughan came back with GREAT news... he did see engraftment of my blood cells in Terry. I guess his blood cells are just trying to resist and things are really progressing slowly. We praise God and thank all of you for answered prayers. This is what we have been waiting to hear!! The nurses told Kristina that they had only seen about 5 cases where the transplant did not work and she was so afraid that Terry was going to be one of those that did not work since things seemed to be going the wrong direction. Now that we know it is taking, we just have to pray for strength and patience for Terry and all of us. I took Mom to the doctor this afternoon because she has been very sick and extremely disoriented this week. They put her in the hospital at Med Center East room 516. I left for a little while to get her gowns and toiletries etc. and got home about 11pm. Her oxygen was low so they are giving her oxygen and she is getting 3 pints of blood tonight also. I will try to be back there by 6:30am and then go in to work when Kristina gets there to sit with her for a while. They will also be treating her leg while she is there. She will probably be there about 7 to 10 days and then go into a nursing facility for more care. I have asked Alyce not to tell Terry that Mom is in the hospital because he does not need ANY additional stress while his immune system is so low. Please continue to pray for all of us.+++Karen