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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
Day +12
Grace had a great day today. She went out for a walk, wasn't even too upset when Heather left for Hillsboro, waved at everyone as we walked down the hallway.  (She was especially adorable today because she brought a toy vacuum cleaner instead of her normal shopping cart, which is useful for... (More)
Posted by jondaley on February 20, 2024, 7:52 pm
Category: Grace
Visiting Instructions / Mailing Addresses
As of April 8th, we will be home and the information in this post is out of date. Click here (or see below) for instructions to visit or send us mail. Hospital Mailing Address Grace Daley, 6 West Boston Children's 300 Longwood Ave Boston, MA 02115 Hospital Visiting... (More)
Posted by jondaley on February 19, 2024, 1:50 pm
Category: Grace
Day 9 a bit better
Grace had a fever overnight so Saturday morning they gave her Tylenol. She seemed a bit better, happier. She even gave me some smiles. She did not throw up all day. I suspect morphine as a cause, and I avoided pushing the button. The Tylenol seems to help enough, so I asked the... (More)
Posted by joyful on February 18, 2024, 9:25 am
Category: Grace
Better but hard
Day +4 Grace has not thrown up at all today! She even had an episode where she ate too much macaroni at once, and was able to spit it out without actually throwing up. She does have evidence of the mucositis in her intestines, and a little bit in her mouth, but that part is doing pretty... (More)
Posted by joyful on February 12, 2024, 6:08 pm
Category: Grace
Day 0 - Waiting
Faith's surgery went well. Her vitals stayed stable the whole time and they are all happy with how it went. She said coming out of anesthesia was just like waking up in the morning only she couldn't lift her head at first. Jon went down to be with her and I stayed with Grace. Grace threw up... (More)
Posted by joyful on February 8, 2024, 2:24 pm
Category: Grace
Day -1
I woke up at 6AM because it turns out that is when the hospital does weekly generator checks which involves the power going out, which shuts off the ventilation fan briefly and triggers these color changing lights (that we didn't know about previously, see below), and so the nurses run around to... (More)
Posted by jondaley on February 7, 2024, 12:24 pm
Category: Grace
Catchup the last few days
The last long update ended February 3 in the evening. In the wee hours of February 4 (Sunday) she got a blood transfusion for her hemoglobin level, which was expected. (They’re killing off her bone marrow, so her own body is not making as much blood.) Sunday morning, she got a dressing... (More)
Posted by joyful on February 7, 2024, 7:51 am
Category: Grace
Nausea
Grace is not feeling so great today. I approved for them to give her another anti-nausea med in the hope that she will feel like eating. She has mostly only nibbled so far today, though she did eat a reasonable amount of eggs. She is painting right now, but definitely not her cheerful self. (More)
Posted by joyful on February 5, 2024, 10:50 am
Category: Grace
Days -8 and -7
T-minus seven days and counting. Transplant Day is Day 0 and they count all other days from that. Yesterday, I left off while Grace was still sleeping. She woke up slightly grumpy, but soon was fully awake and her normal self. Chemo every six hours, blood draws every half hour (!) plus... (More)
Posted by joyful on February 1, 2024, 2:21 pm
Category: Grace
Team Victory!
Joy has designed a tshirt for Grace's cancer journey. We are selling them as a fundraiser for David's House . They cost us $20 each,  but we're selling them for $10 minimum and any amount you give over $10  will be donated to  David's House , the free housing we... (More)
Posted by joyful on January 25, 2024, 10:34 am
Category: Grace
Fertility preservation
Monday, Grace had pre-transplant bone marrow aspiration and bone biopsy. That's kind of boring. The interesting surgery came right after that procedure. Fertility preservation is something I had vaguely heard of. I know it's rather personal, but so is all this health information. We won't be... (More)
Posted by joyful on January 24, 2024, 12:41 pm
Category: Grace
Her smile is still cute
Jon and I both went with Grace up to Dartmouth today.  The dentist met with us pre-op and said after looking at the x-rays, she thought her front teeth looked really bad and she expected to have to take out the four upper front teeth.  This just seemed horrible to us, but I signed the... (More)
Posted by joyful on January 19, 2024, 8:51 pm
Category: Grace
Third Dentist...
Warning: I'm feeling better now, but the following post pretty accurately how I felt for most of today. After a good appointment in Hillsboro, they still wanted us to go to a pediatric dentist who was familiar with chemo/transplant issues, so Heather headed up to Dartmouth this morning in the... (More)
Posted by jondaley on January 16, 2024, 11:51 pm
Category: Grace
Two Days of Appointments
For the most part, these last two days went pretty well.  Grace was a trooper as we navigated the multiple confusing buildings and talked with many providers and was poked and prodded by various specialists. Her audiology appointment went pretty well.  The doctor was impressed with... (More)
Posted by jondaley on January 12, 2024, 3:18 am
Category: Grace
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