Jack's First Day in Clinic

Day +80 & Day +27 - Tuesday June 13, 2006

Today was Jack's first visit to clinic and what a wonderful day it was. It was so nice to see everyone "out patient". Jack got to see his friends face to face (actually, mask to mask) then through the glass in their patient room doors. He got to see Tyler and his mom, Tammy, Ronnie and his mama, Lula, Mathew and his mom Cathie, Hunter and his parents Nadine and John and of course his favorite girls from the BMT floor, Tracey (who he wouldn't stop kissing), Kim, Erin, Anne W., Renee, Bev, his "girlfriend" Sherise and most of all Dr. Bunin. He was so happy to see her. He was extremely happy to see Derrick who got soaked from a syringe full of water by Jack, thanks to Renee.

He did great getting his blood drawn and his counts were good. His platelets are a little low, but Dr. Bunin wants to wait until Thursday for him to get them. By now, Jack, should be holding his own platelets so Dr. Bunin wants to see how he does by Thursday so he didn't have to get stuck again for an IV. Otherwise, she is very happy with how he is doing and hoping that he continues to stay on that path.

Roy and I would really like to thank all of you who were able to watch "Mystery Diagnosis" last night. It was our first time seeing it as well and we were very happy with the show. We can't believe the amount of time it took to film that they were able to get the important things into that 18 minute clip. Now, lets hope someone saw the show who has a loved one who has similar symptoms and is searching for a diagnosis. Just think, it took having Jack and medicine today for my family to get a diagnosis for my brother (40 years ago) and my nephew (30 years ago).

We still have a long way to go since transplant and many restrictions that we will face for several months but it is all so worth it. We are looking forward to having some real family time once Christina is out of school (on 6/21), something that is so needed.

Thank you for your comments, thoughts, knock's, crosses and prayers.

(Tammy, Love your Bling, hope you don't mind me copying)