Feeling Very Thankful!
There is no way to adequately describe how thankful we are for how day ZERO went. Matthew was blessed to have a great team looking over him and caring for him including Heather #1 and Heather #2.
The actual Stem Cell Infusion only took about 15 minutes. Afterwards, like after any blood product infusion, they monitor you closely for about 4 hours and then, if you are incident free, you are back to the normal monitoring and whatever activities you can think of to do that your doctor will allow. Matthew wanted to shoot some hoops with mom!
He was able to help mom with her form and as you can see she was being very competitive 🙂
6 hours after Stem Cell Infusion, with all vitals looking good and amazing everyone, it was time for dad to grab up the laundry bag and head home but not before bringing Matthew some Whataburger.
We thank you all for all your prayers, especially on this special day. It is, as they say, another birthday of sorts. It is surely a day we will never forget.
Now, on to engrafting, but that part is out of our hands and in God’s control, as everything is, always!!!
Matthews Cancer Adventure 