I threw an online surprise birthday/transplant party on Facebook while my stem cells were transplanted into my Mom's body...and invited the whole family to it so we could all 'be there' for her. ♡
[Nathan made a guest appearance via my phone during the video chat to say hi to everyone too... as did Spence (pictured above)]
Keep the prayers coming (and thank you for them)!
The doctors/nurses are heavily monitoring her for at least the next 2 hours and then tomorrow she gets the part of her treatment where they encourage/coax the healthy cells to replicate more/faster...(health professional friends, as always, please feel free to correct/elaborate on my explanations)... and they have to suppress her immune system for a bit to make sure her body doesn't naturally try to reject the new cells... then, a week or so later, she goes through another treatment to rebuild her immune system with lots of monitoring and fluid level correction in between/during.
Dear Mom,
I was going to wait until Christmas to share the information I found out yesterday...
I'm an "ideal match" to be your transplant donor! But after thinking it over more, I felt silly for even considering not telling you right away... because now we have 5 more days to process the amazing and hope-filled news... it would've been selfish to hold it in. And it's not a gift anyway... you're my Mom and I'd do anything I could for you (as I know without a doubt my older sisters would as well--given the opportunity).
Also, in other news... now I know for a fact that I wasn't adopted.
So 😝, Jenn and Tristina... all of those lies you told me as a kid have been brought to light!
I know the truth!
[*Please continue to keep the entire process in your prayers... there are still hurdles to leap and obstacles to climb (including an extensive and lengthy health evaluation in Philadelphia in January), but we have faith that it'll all work out the way it needs to.*]
#praiseGod
Kaleidoscopic Grace 