Transplant Day -8

Tuesday March 3, 2009

This is a blog for everyone to see what Jake is going through and his surrounding family, and also for him to know what happened day to day throughout his transplant. Today was the first day of Jacob's transplant. He is receiving a Stem-Cell Transplant. He will have 6 days of intense chemo and then one day of rest, and then the bone marrow that was stored will be inserted. On Wednesday he starts his first dose of chemo at 6am. Today he had a chest x-ray, blood draw, and his stitches were removed from his Hickman. He was visited by his doctor and his psychiatrist. During the day Megan was his RN and through the evening Erica was his RN. He was supported yesterday by me, his mom (Becky), and a few of his friends. Throughout the day he was put on IV fluids, heparin, and lorazepam. Today his Hemoglobin and Hematocrit were low by one. Everything else was perfect. He was given benadryl which put him out early around 7:30p.m. Knowing this is going to get worse before it gets better is going to be a tough ride, but we are all hanging in there for Jake. Jake and I could use your prayers as we go through this together.