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Showing posts with label transplant process. Show all posts
Showing posts with label transplant process. Show all posts
Monday, April 15, 2013
Connections
My recipient had been on my mind all night Saturday night. I sometimes wonder why she weighs so heavily on me at times and then think that maybe it's because she's thinking of me too and our thoughts are connecting. Days will pass and life gets busy and the donation doesn't even cross my mind but then some days I can't think of anything else and I'm amazed all over again at how blessed I am to have been able to be part of such an awesome thing. I wonder about her often and I wish I knew how she was doing. I haven't received an update so I'm going to assume that no news is good news.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
One More Week!
The donation is exactly one week away from today!
It really hit me yesterday because Lee mentioned that he'd be mailing the injections which will start on Saturday and then he emailed me a hotel confirmation number for Tuesday evening. I live about an hour away from the hospital that the donation is taking place at so we'll stay over at a hotel near the hospital so we won't have to get up so early on the morning of.
I sent my recipient a letter in the mail Monday but it has to go through Lee first. He'll get the letter and make sure it doesn't contain any identifying information and then he'll pass it on to her, wherever she is.
I've been thinking about her a lot and thinking about what she's going through as she begins preparation for the transplant. All that I know is that she'll be receiving chemo and/or radiation to basically destroy her immune system so her body can accept my stem cells without rejecting them. The NMDP website has information on what the patient will experience in preparation of receiving the transplant which can be found here: http://marrow.org/Patient/Transplant_Process/The_Preparative_Regimen.aspx
I know I've previously talked about my mother working in an oncology office and spoke of the many patients, that turned into friends, that lost their battle with cancer. When I think about my recipient, I picture her being every single one of those people I once knew. I picture them all getting the second chance at life that they all deserved and the thought warms my heart. I hope I make them proud.
It really hit me yesterday because Lee mentioned that he'd be mailing the injections which will start on Saturday and then he emailed me a hotel confirmation number for Tuesday evening. I live about an hour away from the hospital that the donation is taking place at so we'll stay over at a hotel near the hospital so we won't have to get up so early on the morning of.
I sent my recipient a letter in the mail Monday but it has to go through Lee first. He'll get the letter and make sure it doesn't contain any identifying information and then he'll pass it on to her, wherever she is.
I've been thinking about her a lot and thinking about what she's going through as she begins preparation for the transplant. All that I know is that she'll be receiving chemo and/or radiation to basically destroy her immune system so her body can accept my stem cells without rejecting them. The NMDP website has information on what the patient will experience in preparation of receiving the transplant which can be found here: http://marrow.org/Patient/Transplant_Process/The_Preparative_Regimen.aspx
I know I've previously talked about my mother working in an oncology office and spoke of the many patients, that turned into friends, that lost their battle with cancer. When I think about my recipient, I picture her being every single one of those people I once knew. I picture them all getting the second chance at life that they all deserved and the thought warms my heart. I hope I make them proud.
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