Tanner's Journey: TRANSPLANT DAY! Day 0

Can i just start by saying how amazing it is to write those words as the Title!!! As I sit down to write this post, I reflect on the events of today and as I have see all the love and support of those around us, tears just start to roll down my face. (I have not cried all week, so i guess its about time) Today was not only a day that T got his transplant but also my sister was able to take her baby home and to finally have their family be all together again. This brought me so much Joy that He is doing so well. I cant wait to get out there and see him! And it was also the viewing of our Dear Sweet Aunt Rhonda! We love her so much and will miss her dearly!

T did awesome all day - he did throw up this morning, but most likely due to the meds he was given. He had lots of visitors, which ment lots of playing! The transplant went very smooth - it did take about 4 hours for it to completely empty but we just played, talked and had visitors. The transplant process is confusing to lots of people, so i did a live video on FB of how it works. I am not the greatest at those things, and for sure no doctor to explain it correctly but i think everyone understood. Just in case here is a quick summary. We had to do chemo to kill T's bone marrow because his WBC did not work properly. We can not just kill the WBC just cause it does not work that way. The donor under went her surgery yesterday 5.18.2017. They were able to get a good collection from her. It was then sent to the lab for testing and to make it just like a blood transfusion. So that is pretty much how it worked, a bag of marrow goes in T's port line. From here his body will circulate that marrow through out his body and into his bones. This is were his body will take the new marrow and start to reproduce it! Once T his a certain level "the magic number" that is when they consider engraffment. (The New cells start to grow and make healthy blood stem cells that show up in T's blood)

Today was a BEAUTIFUL Day for a Transplant. Thanks for all the love and support given to us this day! We loved seeing everyone pictures. Here are some (OK A TON) of pictures from today. But it was such a good day to not take a MILLION Pictures.

****TO TANNER: Hey Buddy! Thanks for being so brave today! You loved having the attention and playing with everyone. Although you did not want to smile very much for pictures because you loved watching everyone else smiling for the pictures. Dr. Shyr is very happy with the donation you received today. Everyone is in love with how cute you are! You have some amazing Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles and Cousins that love you very much and supporting you every step of the way.****

T's Amazing Doctor!

Some of you are probably wondering why Jeff has a mask on - Well just to top off this past week - Jeff got Pneumonia! He stayed away all week got some shots and drugs to get better for Today - T is just so at risk we are just taking all precautions for a while.