Day 22
Nathan had his spinal injection today at 4:30 pm. He was such a trooper. We only had morning therapy since it was a stem cell day. Afterwards, he slept for almost 2 1/2 hours so we did not get to bed until around 1:30 am. We have been very blessed that Nathan has not run any fevers following the stem cells. He has really starting moving his arms more and babbling (baby talking) up a storm. He was yelling at me this afternoon and mimicking my sounds. I loved it! I don’t dread injection days as badly as I did in the beginning. The anticipation of what good progress might happen is now over shadowing the dread of the IV. I hate the IV part of it for Nathan! Since he is a chunky monkey he is a very hard stick for an IV. There is one nurse named Linda that is very good at finding a vein so I have requested her to always attempt first. They have been having to place the IV in his foot. Below you will see “Blue” from Blues Clues accompanied Nathan to the procedure room as his guardian angel.
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