BMT update: It is actually called a Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant or HSCT. But we still refer to it as a Bone Marrow Transplant. Mac will go into the hospital on Feb. 10 for about 5 days to get his immunosuppressant. (They will not be using ATG this time!) Then he'll go back in on Feb. 23 for chemo and on March 4 he will get the donor's bone marrow. His match is a 10 out of 10 so that's an advantage going in. We don't know anything about the donor and they don't know anything about Mac except that he's an 11 year old male. (After 1 year we are free to contact each other.) At some point at the end of January he has to have his single lumen changed to a double lumen. He also has a schedule full of appointments, scans, evals, and of course school and PT. He's feeling pretty good and we are just trying to make the most of our 'freedom' until we go back in. He's mastered the Rubik's cube in his spare time! You can see his cheeks are almost back to normal.


Thanks for checking in and praying. Hope you are enjoying the day off if you got one!!