Update Post Transplant Day 10!

Thank you for all your prayers yesterday, Jared was able to sleep most of the night last night! I was very worried when bedtime rolled around because I was so desperate for a good night sleep after a few no sleep nights. When the nurse came in and did his 11pm vital signs they were the best they had been in a few days, his blood pressure was not scary low, his temperature was not as scary high, and his oxygen level was perfect! The nurse and I were so excited that we literally did a happy dance for 10 seconds. Jared was really exhausted and was able to sleep through the night besides every other hour bathroom breaks (They pump fluid through him all night to try to keep his temp down, but makes it hard to sleep peacefully!) I was very happy to sleep! 

The last several days have been so hard, like so hard you just want to sit and cry, because you feel like it will never be over. Last night I lay in bed praying and praying that somehow I would gain strength or that Jared would just get a little better, so I could see the light at the end of this tunnel. So at 9 am I woke up and hear people talking, very confused I rolled over to find Jared and the nurse chatting, this was exciting because the last several days he has barley spoke due to the mucisitious and pain in his mouth.  The nurse informed us that all of Jared's counts had doubled again! All day Jared has been in a lot of pain still from the mucisitious, and also pretty nauseous, but he has just felt a tiny bit better today and was able to talk to me a little more and  was not as sedated as he has been the last several days. Jared was able to go on a small walk up and down the hall way as well as take a shower! These small things brought me so much Joy, and I know that everyday slowly he is going to feel a little bit better.

Over the last two days Jared has had some really good friends be able to visit, yesterday his friend Jared and his family stopped by, and today Cody and Jessica were able to come by for awhile. Seeing friends from NNU really makes us extremely excited to go back to Nampa in January! We cannot wait to go back to school and finish up and just feel normal again! 

 Jared is still in pretty extreme pain, but just the small extra amount of energy Jared had was very exciting! I asked Jared if he wanted me to say anything specific tonight and he said: "Ask people to keep praying that I can make it through this last part fast, and that my counts will continue to go up and my mucisitious will disappear FOREVER!" 

Jared still had some facial hair today, but it was falling out and bugging Jared. He can shave right now because of infection and stuff, so I pulled it out! It was completely painless for Jared, it just came right out.