Hello All, Tomorrow is set to be the biggest day of this trip and possibly the biggest of our lives. At 10:30 am China time, Thurs. night 9:30 pm San Antonio time, Ryan will be receiving the re-infusion of his bone marrow stem cells via lumbar puncture. These are the cells that have the greatest potential for increased uptake and function as they are a perfect genetic match. He will also receive more of these cells, about 12-15 million vs. 6-10 for umbilical. We are putting a lot of hope into this next treatment. Although we saw some small improvements from the last trip, we are hoping to see even greater changes after this one. As many of you know, I am not what people would call a religious person. Despite that, I would ask that any of you who are willing and able to please keep Ryan in your thoughts and prayers at 9:30 this evening! Whether we are here due to chance, fate, divine inspiration or some combination of them, we could use all of the positive energy our friends and family can muster. Good luck to those in Texas facing Ike this weekend. Be safe. Take care. Dan, Suzanne and Ryan.
I am so excited and my thoughts and prayers have been with you all along, but especially tonight. I look forward to this blog every morning. God bless you.
Peggy
i love Ryan. mommy. and daddy. i love you.I hope that everything goes fine.i love you.Sarah.
Hi,
Well I am happy that this procedure is on the go… My thoughts and prayers will be for Ryan tonight. God is everywhere, he will be there for Ryan, like he has been all along. Faith and hope is what guides us to give Ryan the support he needs to get through this.
God Bless,
Claudia