by vbolton | Jul 7, 2012 | inspiration, mireya's miracle |
New Birthday Celebration – 1 year ago Today marks the One Year Anniversary of Mireya’s bone marrow transplant. Her ‘new’ birthday medically speaking. Celebrating this day is bittersweet as we are preparing to repeat the transplant process in...
by vbolton | Jul 1, 2012 | inspiration, mireya's miracle |
This weeks appointment was a tough one. We’ve been holding out for Mireya’s body to make a turn around, but an additional chimerism test and the downward trending of her counts show her graft is failing. We were hoping to avoid a second transplant, but...
by vbolton | Jun 26, 2012 | inspiration, mireya's miracle |
Mireya was discharged from the hospital over the weekend. There was so much going on ‘in the midst’ of this hospitalization. We received a call from the Head of Peds Hemoc to discuss Mireya’s positive blood cultures and the medical implications. ...
by vbolton | Jun 22, 2012 | inspiration, mireya's miracle |
Mireya is doing well. The results of her blood culture will take at least 48 hours. She continues to get rounds of fluids and antibiotics. In the past, Mireya has had a reaction to one of the antibiotics and requires pre-treatment with Benydryl. Benydryl tends to...
by vbolton | Jun 22, 2012 | inspiration, mireya's miracle |
Our appointment this week was disappointing. Reya is on the line for receiving platelets and a blood transfusion. The decision was made to hold off on any transfusions, largely based on the possibility of needing to repeat the transplant via the boost. The...
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