Battle Hymns of a Hot Mess Mom

It’s finally here…the cells have been collected and they are earmarked for me. Nurse and the Dr have to sign off on it in the morning then…this cure is mine. This cure. I’m graeful, elevated, thankful. Today started with a small shimmy to the bathroom, where I am still having some GI issues. (My adult diapers are keeping me clean and fresh) – well maybe not fresh, but at least dry. TMI

I have Nurse J today, and to commemorate today Nurse S is charge today. It’ll be nice to say hello to him considering the last time I was here on Day 0 – he was giving me chemo not my transplant. So I’ll be nice to say hello and come round circle. Truly beside Nurse T – everyone has been absolutely wonderful. The doctors and nurses are telling me to walk…get up and move. The faster I want to get out of here and be home with the kids the more I have to move and walk. So if I don’t feel awful, I’m going to walk a little bit here and there. Just to keep my body moving and healthy.

So far what I do know about the donor is that he is 58 year old male, and is a 10/10 match. I believe he’s from Europe. So get ready community, I’m going to strap on my pink leotard and be screaming “ON YOUR LEFT” soon. Actually this man guarded his life, traveled and is healthy enough to give me NEW life. I’m so grateful to him. I was only allowed to write him a letter, but I hope he will want to write me back and of course I’d love to meet him one day. I’m blessed by his gift, and wish him a lifetime of love, health and happiness.

The NP just came in I have C. Diff. Colitis – similar to what I had when I first went into for 7 + 3. It’s a bacterial infection of the colon that causes me to basically poop and poop and poop. All the nurses and PCAs have to grown when they enter my room. This is like ET and I’m the alien. This isn’t exactly what I was hoping for but it is what it is. Per Nurse J – there shouldn’t be an effect on transplant. It’s still on schedule now for 2:00pm. I’m controlling what I can control and leaving the rest to the universe.

It was closer to 3:00pm when we finally started. Pre-meds were pushed into me and I went “All the Leaves are Brown” and drifted to sleep. The transplant was different than a transfusion as it used gravity to drip into me. There was a lot of pressure on my chest that made it difficult to breathe but beyond resting and resting. I only rested.