Stem Cell Treatment #4
Stem Cell Treatment #4 is complete and again everything went well. Ella gets her port put in while she is in her room then goes to the stem cell room for her cells along with the sodium chloride to help with the itching from the steroid that goes in ahead of the stem cells. Don said the last treatment took an hour and 40 min. because she gets an extra IV bag to help with that nasty itching. No fever once again so that means those cells get to do their thing and will continue to grow and help Ella in every way:) It is hard to believe that she only has two more treatments and then they will be on their way back home!
There was a birthday celebration for one of the moms last night so everyone enjoyed cake in the commons. Don said Ella really liked the cake! On Sunday Don and Ella are joining some others and making a trip to Century Park so that should be a good outing for them.
They don’t have the whole weekend off as Ella is having therapy on Saturday morning because she had Friday off. She better lavish those days off in China because I cannot wait to get my hands on her and start our therapy routine once she gets back home, so I don’t think she will be getting any full days off as the neurologist stresses the importance of lots and lots of therapy to help those stem cells continue to grow. As soon as she gets home ( the very next day) we are taking her to get re-fitted for her AFO’s as she has outgrown the current ones and they help her so much in standing that it is important we get new ones to continue on with her standing therapy.
So that is it for now. Until next time, have a great weekend!
Tanya
2 comments July 18th, 2009
