Dr. Peterson just gave us the best news

Alyssa woke up with a killer headache and her throat was killing her also.  The nurse gave her some more medicine to take the pain away.  Through out the day it is getting better and better.  We know the headache is from the neutraphils coming in.  Usually you get bone pain but she gets headaches.  She told me that her throat pain has gone down a lot.  She just has really thick saliva that she has to suction out so she doesn't gag on it.  When the nurse came in this morning she told Alyssa that her neutraphil number went up to 1200.  That is why such a severe headache.


When she took the few pills this morning she got them down on the first try.  Usually she had to try several times to get them down.  She has eaten a container of jello today. 

Now for the good news..........  Dr. Peterson just came in and told us that her stem cells have engrafted, so what that means is that the transplant has worked.  He told her it is now up to her, she needs to get off of the pain pump and the nutrition bag.  He told her that he is shooting for Monday to be out of the hospital.  When he left she told me she is shooting for Friday.  When this girl puts her mind to something she is very determined.  I guess we will see how this all plays out.


I can't tell you how happy I am right now.  It has been a long haul and we can see the end of the tunnel coming soon.  Hopefully we can start getting back to normal now.  We had 3 showings on our house in the last 2 days.  We have always thought something wouldn't happen with our house until Alyssa got out of the hospital.