Saturday, January 15, 2011

January visit to UCSF for a checkup...

on thursday abbi received more cells from her donor. we have to watch still for gvhd since she is already 100 percent donor there is a higher risk. she got a small dose about 10 ml of cells which is actually 100,000 cells in the syringe. and come to find out these donor lymphocyte infusions can actually help her immune system recover faster, so they will check her in 2 weeks when we go back, there is a small possibility that she could get off isolation sooner than we thought. they have enough frozen for 1 or 2 more dli's. so they will decide whether to give more when her immune function tests comes back if they are still low she will receive another one. they want her immune system to be strong enough on it's own to fight any remaining cells of abbi's. so they will give the cells until it is. so the visit was good and now i feel better she got more cells. she has been doing so good, she has been saving her money lately to buy a digital camera. she wanted her own dsi but blake and her already have one to share. so she decided on a camera, which i think is a better choice. she has been taking lots of pictures and video with our video camera. she enjoys that. well i will go now thank you everyone for your prayers. Candice (Mom)
Dad Dennis
 Brother Blake
 Kitty
 Abigail and Blake
 Abbi
 Abbi