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Belly Hurts, Updated
Today is day +133. (Jon updated this post) Grace has been having belly pain and a lot of mucus in her stool, often with blood as well.  We took her off cow's milk again (she had been asking for it instead of almond milk.)  We haven't seen much improvement in the last week, and she... (More)
Posted by joyful on June 21, 2024, 11:22 am
Category: Grace
Day +100!
This is the day the doctors consider the transplant to be successful.  This doesn't mean that she's not still at risk for a bunch of things. But it does mean that Faith's cells are firmly established in her system and doing their job! (More)
Posted by joyful on May 18, 2024, 7:41 am
Category: Grace
Even a Cold is a Big Deal
I've been meaning to write an update; I've even gotten started on one (labelled day +90: it's now day +97.) Overall, things have been going well, Grace's numbers coming back satisfactorily. But then she got a cold.  Just runny nose and sneezing.  But after her nap, she had a mild... (More)
Posted by joyful on May 15, 2024, 8:55 pm
Category: Grace
Day +55
We went back to the clinic in the late morning after Grace threw up her NG tube.  She did manage to take her meds by mouth that morning, but she doesn't really like it.  They had tested her stool when she had so much diarrhea at her appointment the day before and it did come back... (More)
Posted by joyful on April 3, 2024, 8:44 pm
Category: Grace
Apartment Life
We are settling into our second week of being full-time in the apartment. Our schedule consists of: Adminstering meds 3 times a day and then washing all of the syringes and straws and flushes Keeping her central line clean twice a day ( Boston Children's says cleaning twice a day is... (More)
Posted by jondaley on March 26, 2024, 9:13 pm
Category: Grace
Discharge?
The doctors started talking about discharge last Friday and that continued on Monday.  They decided to turn off the continuous morphine and moving more of her medicines to her NG tube. I was pretty skeptical that she was going to tolerate only on occasional morphine and I expected her to... (More)
Posted by jondaley on March 13, 2024, 5:30 am
Category: Grace
Day +30
Grace has been steadily improving.  She is not throwing up as much, she's had a few messy diapers that look more normal than she's had in months, or even ever. She had an ultrasound which she slept right through.    Her drain has not been putting out much, so... (More)
Posted by joyful on March 9, 2024, 10:28 am
Category: Grace
Day +27
Grace had a great day today, despite staying up until after midnight (I went to sleep, but I asked the nurse in the morning, and she stayed up reading her new book and trying to not let the nurses check her oxygen levels since that would involve taking away her light...) She came to rounds in... (More)
Posted by jondaley on March 6, 2024, 11:34 pm
Category: Grace
Day +26
We have lots of good news to report. Grace has been improving the last couple of days.  Her abdomen measured 53.5 cm, the smallest it has been in weeks.  They have changed her cyclosporin from IV to NG (nasogastric) which is a step towards getting ready to be discharged.  The... (More)
Posted by jondaley on March 5, 2024, 10:54 pm
Category: Grace
A step better
From Jon  "[Yesterday's ultrasound] didn't report too much that we didn't already know. There was a little fluid in her abdomen on that side, so I wasn't expecting much, but a fair bit came out last night, I think 100 mls in the last three drains. The fluid near her lungs is almost gone.... (More)
Posted by joyful on March 3, 2024, 11:53 am
Category: Grace
Engraftment, Drainage, and God Answers
The last couple of days have been tough, but today is looking up. At 2:00 this morning, Jon called me to say that her breathing was worse and they were considering bringing her up to the ICU. I called my sister, she prayed for us. 45 minutes later, Jon texted to say that they had increased her... (More)
Posted by joyful on March 1, 2024, 10:50 pm
Category: Grace
Pain and Poop
The last several days have been back and forth. I’ve started several posts in my head, and then they end up changing. The weekend doctors cancelled the stool studies, then the attending on Monday re-ordered them. Jon had some very frustrating conversations with the doctor, but an... (More)
Posted by joyful on February 28, 2024, 7:52 am
Category: Grace
Waiting and Watching
Once again, it was good for me to visit home. This time, I brought Joy back with me. We left later than I meant to, for various reasons (one being the second batch of Victory tshirts came in!) so we had a bit more traffic in Boston than I have yet driven in. It was stressful for Joy, I think,... (More)
Posted by joyful on February 24, 2024, 4:09 pm
Category: Grace
Quick Update Day +15
Please pray for Grace's intestines to heal. The doctor is concerned about her continued diarrhea, and so stopped all formula feeds for a few days. She's getting all her nutrition through IV. She will eat bites of things here and there, but is not really taking things by mouth either. This is... (More)
Posted by joyful on February 23, 2024, 9:11 pm
Category: Grace
Good moments, Bad moments
Jon wrote today: When I said it was a "bad day" the other day, a nurse corrected me and said "good moments and bad moments". This morning was good and she played in the playroom for quite a while. She did throw up after eating. But has continued to ask for food, and hasn't... (More)
Posted by joyful on February 18, 2024, 8:40 pm
Category: Grace
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