Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Days +22 to +25: Baby Steps

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The past few days have been filled with more ups and downs. Last Friday night, the transplant team decided to stop his IV nutrition, which i...
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Friday, September 13, 2013

Days +19 to +21: Ups and Downs

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As we start week 3 post-transplant and as Yom Kippur is upon us, we are feeling so much gratitude. We are thankful that, so far, transplant ...
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Days +16 to +18: The Hard Work of Healing

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Each day we have been seeing a little more improvement in how Ezra feels. His biggest complaints are still stomach and bone pain. Today he w...
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Saturday, September 7, 2013

Days +12 to +15: New Year, New Life

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First piece of good news: Ezra officially engrafted as of Thursday. The first day of neutrophils over .5 is considered to be the day of engr...
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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Days +10 and +11: Hello Neutrophils

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Yesterday, Ezra's white blood cell count went to .2. A little movement. Today, his white blood cell count was 1.5 - a big jump and high ...
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Sunday, September 1, 2013

Days +6 to +9: No Relief Yet

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Ezra continues to be in tremendous pain. We can now add excruciating leg and arm pain to the list of complaints. The doctors suspect that th...
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Friday, August 30, 2013

Update on Blood and Platelet Donations

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We wanted to share with you the words of the Sloan-Kettering blood bank about the donations that have been coming in for Ezra: "The fac...