Grammy got a visit from young Dr. Jake Ross to make sure she was getting the best possible treatment. He checked her temperature and used his stethoscope to make sure her heart was beating strong. She was especially excited to get this "second opinion". He gave her a big thumbs up on the new haircut. She had a great attitude about it and had called Meg when the chemo had finally started making her hair fall out. "Bring the clippers" she said. I called her when Meg had finished the job and she just laughed and said we look even more alike right now. From the picture below I could hardly argue her point.
She was told on Thursday that her numbers weren't coming up as quickly as they would like and a second transplant would be necessary on Friday. She has been so strong throughout the whole process. We sat with her during the transplant on Friday and they put 7 bags of her own stem cells at a temperature just above freezing, about 39 deg. F. With all that cold stuff flowing through her body she was shivering and just freezing even with the heated blankets. Even with all that she kept her attention on everything the nurses were doing and talked with us. We had that room pretty full. I was there with Marc, my Dad, Grandma Dola, Dr. Carrol, and three nurses. Things went so well that Dr. Jake was finally able to visit Saturday night and Sunday during the day. Grammy got really good news on Sunday and found out that she will be able to finally go home to her own bed on Monday. Between that and her visit from Dr. Jake she had a pretty good day. Jake and Cooper hand painted a Welcome home sign to have waiting for Grammy when she gets home.
Opening Papa's present
Blowing out the candles
Happy to be celebrating with Papa!
