Category: Stem Cell Transplant at Vanderbilt

Day 5

Saturday, November 12, 2011 – We woke up to a beautiful sunrise in the penthouse suite this morning (can’t believe I had the nerve to go and get a fever just so we could spend a Friday night in the penthouse suite!). My fever has left. I have gotten lots of antibiotics. The nurses here …

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Young Lovers Celebrate One Month of Wedded Bliss

Tuesday, November 8, 2011, 11:03AM – Right now Jacqui and Andrew are celebrating one month of marriage. It’s been a busy 31 days! In addition to honeymooning for a week in the Smokies and hiking Mt. LeConte, they also went backpacking in the Joyce Kilmer Wilderness Area, and then went to Nashville for their showdown …

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Day Zero – New Birthday

Monday, November 7, 2011 – Today is my Day Zero. My transplant day. Life begins at Day Zero. Today I will get fluids and my stem cells through IV. My stem cells will be free floating around in my bloodstream, and their mission is to find their way into my bone marrow, engraft, and start …

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