Holly was delighted with our 6.30am start! As I have said before she is most definitely not a morning person. It was quite a quiet journey with Holly shrouded in her black hoody and snoozing on and off.
Holly bloods showed that she had produced stem cells so the go ahead was given to begin the harvest. She is attached to a huge machine and is basically bed bound for 4 hours. The machine takes out her blood, spins it round, removes the stem cells and then puts it back in (minus the cells). These are then frozen until ready to go back in a couple of weeks. Although it doesn't hurt it is quite a boring procedure. She was therefore delighted to have the boredom relieved with a visit from her little friend Gabe, his sister Immy and mum, Chris. It was so lovely to see them, Gabe has already been through this procedure and looks amazing. He is a cheeky, happy little boy and truly gives me hope for the future.
The time passed quite quickly and they were happy with Holly. We have to have some more harvested tomorrow so have been admitted onto C2 to guarantee a bed space for tomorrow. As we weren't needed Holly and I decided go out for dinner and have had a lovely girlie evening.
If all goes well tomorrow we should be out in the afternoon.
Holly , you continue to amaze us all. We will be thinking of you this week, hope its not too boring for you!! Lots of love to you and your lovely mum! Julie, Jayden and Lois. XX
ReplyDeleteDearest Holly, you are an inspiration to us all,
ReplyDeleteyou brave girl. Hope you can still manage to go on MSN to catch up on all that school gossip.
Biggest kisses from us all xxxxxxx