Author Archives: Thor Bjarnason

Some great news! Remember the bone marrow registry drive for Nadia and Sophia? (and our continual reminders, nudges, and requests for you to sign up if you can and to spread the word about OneMatch.ca) It appears Sophia might have … Continue reading →

The floor of the isolation room is considered dirty. So if Pooh touches the floor that makes Pooh dirty too. That means Nadia can’t play with her dirty Pooh. She needs a clean one because she has no immune system. … Continue reading →

Remember viridans streptococci from Day +7? The good news is that the blood cultures the following days came up clean. Might have been a contaminant (meaning the source of bacteria was not Nadia, but somehow got on the slide after … Continue reading →

Occasionally, I can’t help but hear my dad over my shoulder yelling at me <fondly 😉 > Getting into the isolation room is a bit of a process. I often send Tara a txt letting her know I’m on my … Continue reading →

Daily life on the cancer ward (where Nadia is recovering from her bone marrow transplant) keeps me drawing comparisons to what I would imagine it would be like on a warzone military base. It is mostly boring, and boring is … Continue reading →

Remember when Nadia spiked a temp 2 days ago? The cause might have been the bacteria viridans streptococci, but they don’t know yet for sure. She is on special antibiotics for it just in case. We will now more soon … Continue reading →

Today Nadia had a platelet transfusion – Thank You Donors! == We had a bit of a scare this morning. The nurse came in and did Nadia’s vitals and everything was fine. Later on I learned that Nadia was actually … Continue reading →

Today Nadia had a blood transfusion. Thank you Donors! == How will we know that the new cells are growing (engraftment)? According to our hospital handbook, it usually takes between 14-21 days before there are signs of engraftment, which means … Continue reading →

Briefly, we are cheering for WBC to increase past 0.5, and then we will start cheering for ANC to increase past 0.5. Right now there is a battle going on inside Nadia. The home team has been knocked down by … Continue reading →

Well today was pretty uneventful and kinda boring (something we want everyday to look like from here on in).  Thor got to spend the night at the hospital and mommy got to sleep diagnally in a queen sized bed at … Continue reading →