Day +20: Too much of a good thing

Currently, Jason’s body is producing platelets and white blood cells. In fact, he has so many platelets today that doctors have put him on blood thinners and are making him walk more in order to prevent clots. This is the first time that Jason’s blood thinner was in injection form, which was pretty weird for him. He watched as they put a shot in his belly and he cracked a lot of jokes to calm himself down. You would think that after all that Jason has been through he would not be easily scared by an injection but Jason doesn’t like pain (who does?).

We are hoping that it is not Jason’s old immune system that is producing cells but rather his new immune system. Hopefully the near future will show us that Jason’s brother’s marrow has overtaken his body and that his blood type has changed. That will be a wonderful day.

Today the doctors continued to discuss the possibility of going home next week. This Wednesday they will be performing another bone marrow biopsy on Jason to see how and what his marrow is doing. Apparently his doctor will want to give another bone marrow biopsy in a month, and then one every year. I continue to pray that this works.

Once we go home we will be avoiding large groups of people, the sick, anyone exposed to a sick individual, and unclean or dusty environments. Our parents have been helping with our home to keep it clean while we have been gone so hopefully Jason will feel safe in our own environment. Since we have been here there have been many returning patients who have contracted infections and had to be re-admitted. Although that would not be the end of the world, we are still hopeful that we can stay healthy and strong to avoid further hospital stays.

Another gift arrived in the mail for Jason. Check out the picture (unless you are a friend of mine on Facebook – then you have already seen them). 

Another Beard Hat to cover up his bald head and missing beard.