Day 11 Post Transplant Update!

Today is a short but sweet update on Jared's progress! Jared woke up this morning feeling a little bit better then yesterday! I knew this because as I was waking up his nurse was in the room and Jared cracked a joke about how bad my hair looked.... I knew then that he was feeling better. While he has been sick his sassy remarks and funny jokes have not existed.

In the middle of the night last night Jared's fever finally broke!!! He has had a normal temperature all day and if felling a little more comfortable. The Doctors also told us that today Jared's Stem Cells Transplant has engrafted! Engrafting is when the stem cells that you got back in transplant are finally doing the right thing and his counts are coming up! His Body has finally accepted his cells as part of his system. This obviously is very important to have a successful transplant, and very exciting!!! Jared was very thrilled with this news, it is always good to hear that all the horrible things you are doing are paying off and you can see that you will be healthy soon! He is still pretty far from the normal levels, but they go up tons each day! 

Jared's mucisitious is still really painful, but it is getting better! A few days ago when I got to look in Jared's mouth with the light, I seriously felt like crying it looked so painful and claustrophobic! Today I looked again and it is looking so much better! You can see his tongue and the soars are not as big. Because his mouth all the way through his GI track is pretty much destroyed from mucisitious, now that its is trying to heal all the scabs and gunk are falling off making Jared very uncomfortable. He has had some moments of panic because he feels like he is choking on all the icky stuff. The doctors say that it will get better every single day! 

Through this whole process Jared has had several allergic reactions and things, but today a weird little rash broke out all over his body. It is not painful or itchy, but they don’t know what it is from so pray that it can just clear its self up! Most things that Jared is experiencing are painful and annoying but so much better then a few days ago! We are thrilled at his progress and that the transplant is working! We feel so blessed to have so much support during this process! Thank you everyone for reading my blog and praying for Jared every single day! Thank you to the people who have sent emails, called me, and brought me treats! We are so grateful for the support and prayers! This is the scariest thing that I hope I ever have to do, but everyone’s love and support has really helped me to be strong and be able to help Jared through this Journey! Continue to pray for a fast and full recovery for Jared! He is Amazing and I am so grateful for him! 

 The Floor we are on put up some christmas decorations today! Very Exciting!