Bone Marrow Biopsy

Back in August Nadia gave a bone marrow biopsy, where they stuck a needle into her pelvis bone. They did this to determine if her bone marrow is capable of producing platelets properly, which would mean something in her body was destroying them. From this we learned that Nadia has very few megakaryocytes, so the problem lies in the bone marrow. But there is part of the bone marrow biopsy experience I would like to share.

When Nadia gave her bone marrow sample, Tara was holding her. They gave her some drugs through her IV. One of the drugs I think has the street name of ‘special K’. She was in Tara’s arms, scared, and after they administered the drugs she made her ‘o’ face. The one she is making at the time when she saw something that interested her, and she vocalized ‘oooo’. We think this was the moment she got high. Through the emotional stress and tears, we both found this amusing. A few seconds later she got heavy in Tara’s arms, but tried to hold her head up. It reminded me of the time Einstein was at the vet and he was drugged. Slowly drifting down like a tranquillized lion in the Serengeti.

I end this post with a Thank You to the staff at Children’s Hospital. They are great at what they do and sometimes they go above and beyond. Here is how we found Nadia’s bed when we came back from one of our outings. Cozy, cuddly, Scooby and Jelly.