There has been a little change of plans with Daddy's transplant. It's kind of a complicated story but I'll do my best to explain. In order for Daddy to be a part of the clinical trial, he has to agree to let them do a study on his stem cells. So, he needs 2 million stem cells for the transplant and 2 million for the study. He has 5 million frozen from the first collection back in 2010. So, it seems he has plenty. But...they are frozen in 3 separate containers with 1.6 million in each. To have enough for the transplant, they would need to thaw 2 containers and that wouldn't leave enough for the study. They have worked in the lab all week to see if refreezing was an option but they just lose too many cells. So, Daddy has to go through pheresis again this week to collect more cells and the transplant will begin on November 12th. He went and got a shot yesterday to prompt the stem cell production and will have his port put in Monday. After the port is in, he will go to the lab to collect the cells. He lays there about 6-8 hours while his blood is taken out of his body, the stem cells are collected, and then the blood is put back in. Hopefully they will collect enough Monday that he will be good to go. But, if not, he will go back each day until they have enough collected. So, the transplant is delayed a week but at least he still gets to be a part of the clinical trial.
And....the last and most exciting news...Rivers Thomas Wilson was born last Wednesday, October 31, and weighed 8lbs 8oz. Deanne and Rivers are doing great. Daddy got to be there :) He is just perfect and such a blessing to our family! See Daddy meeting Rivers below...
Thanks for your continuous prayers...God has a reason for everything and we are thanking Him every day for Daddy's healing!
~much love to you all
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