A Great Day!
Today was Matthew’s second visit to the BoneMarrow Transplant clinic since being released from the in-patient unit.
Today was PICC line removal day AND since a PICCture is worth a thousand words …
ALL GONE!!!!!
This means so much and we of course want to give God all the glory!!!
Matthew still will have his PORT in place for a little while longer but having the PICC line removed means that normal life can return. Mom and dad won’t need to flush and HepLock him daily, he can shower without a big patch keeping the area dry and clean, and infection risk just went down in a major way.
He is now being transfered back to Dr Foster and Peg un the Oncology clinic for the remainder of the consolidation process and followup.
His Nurse Practitioner Stacey said that his Stem Cells are quite busy, they are “rockin” to use her term, and his marrow is so well engrafted already that he can even go to church, restaurants, movies and, most importantly, on dates with sweet Emma!
What’s next?
- Well, there is some targeted radiation coming soon where they will treat certain areas as an added measure to be sure no cells linger.
- Then, after that, there will be some Accutane treatments.
- And, of course, more MIBG and CT scans are a given, too. But those are easy breezy at this point.
We thank God daily for all your prayers, love and support. We can’t tell you how much all of that means.
And there is still an ongoing need so if you or someone you know would like to help Matthew on this Cancer Adventure in a financial way please go to www.gofundme.com/matthewsadventure.
May the Lord bless you and keep you!
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