Danielle will be getting her bone marrow (B.M.) donation under several extenuating circumstances:
She got her B.M. biopsy yesterday, if it comes back and leukemia is gone, the B.M. Transplant will be scheduled.
That’s contingent on the donor being available at that time, which means if they are not available we will start another round of chemo, if they are, we start a whole new adventure.
To prep for a B.M. Transplant she will undergo 7 days of round the clock chemo! that’s double what she has ever had so she will be very weak and run down, but they do this so that her immune system is gone and prepped to accept the donor’s cells.
Needless to say, life has been very tough, but we are pulling through as best we can.
I’m trying really hard to make Christmas as normal and special as I can for the kids, but it is hard to have “normal” when your entire life if ruled by microscopic cells that you can’t even reason with.
If you’re reading this Danielle, someday you will be this happy healthy little girl again! Mommy loves you.
Stay tuned…