1-18-08
I have a lot of ground to cover in this post. First of all, Lydia’s fever finally cleared and her back and leg symptoms have dissipated. She had her second stem cell treatment today, it was through IV today so was much easier for her to handle though she still was nervous and scared about the IV. Still brave and not many tears. Kirshner (the program coordinator/titles too numerous to list) arrived today just as Lydia was preparing for her treatment. It was nice to put a face to the voice on th other end of the phone. She was very nice and helped explain the treatment to Lydia which helped her get a handle on what was happening-she is so very inquisitive. She even got to feel the bag of stem cells being infused throught the IV-pretty cool. And I explained to her that they were her “favorite color” yellow. She thought was pretty neat and made it all better.
So the very exciting part of the day came about 3 hours after her treatment today. We were bored and walking around the ward (no mobility or eating restrictions today:) )when we walked over to the Christmas tree that we had investigated before, she said “Oh, now there are lights on the tree!” WOW!! Some blinking lights were on the upper part of the tree (very small tree) and I asked her to look up at them and she had to turn her head away because they were too bright for her. WOW again as she has not been able to see the lights on a Christmas tree before even with the room completely dark and this tree was in full light at the nurse station! Lydia said it all so matter-of-fact that it took me a minute to realize what she had just said. The miracle is happening, folks!! It is definitely a “Thank You God!” time. Also, her pupils are equal and reacting appropriately to light which they have never done.
Thank you to everyone who has helped us get here!!
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