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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 →

Today Nadia got stem cells. These cells came from cord blood. This means that some thoughtful mother donated her (or ‘their’ if you include the baby) placenta and umbilical cord to a cord blood registry, similar to one finally starting … Continue reading →

Tomorrow is the big day. Although the last 2 days we were not in isolation, Nadia’s counts were so low that we were not allowed in the playroom if anyone else was in there. We made it a few times … Continue reading →

Nadia had her last dose of chemo today. Good-bye fludarabine! She has started on an immunosuppressive called cyclosporine. The stage is almost set for the battleground that will be her body, where a new immune system from the donor stem cells … Continue reading →

The last two days Nadia has been getting 2 chemo drugs, fludarabine and cyclophosphamide. Cyclophosphamide might be the most potent of the chemo drugs. She got this drugs the past two days with the last dose today. One more day … Continue reading →

Nadia sings along with Rio: Today we had a pretty uneventful day, which is weird to say, bc Nadia still got a chemo drug, and still had to take 2 oral medications one to protect her liver the other to … Continue reading →

Today Nadia had about 30 mins of chemo and about 1.5hr platelet transfusion (Thank You Donors!). The rest of the day she was unhooked from Ivy (her IV pole) and spent much of the day in the playroom. She certainly … Continue reading →

Nadia has been handling this first round of chemo pretty well. It has been exhausting though. The drug takes about 8 hours to administer, and this whole time we are locked up in our room. And they take vitals every … Continue reading →