Mariah Carey - Hero

In the midst of Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Fallout... I am 100 % Donor

7 Months have gone by since the Transplant!

Quick update, Abigail is doing excellent! almost 7 months have passed since her transplant, just recently she had a bone marrow biopsy which showed no signs of her disease and she is still 100% donor. the docs are very happy with her progress. keep praying, cause god is working on a miracle.  Candice (Mom)

March 2011 is no fun for me

Quote from Abigail:
"uuuhhh i hate medicine, my broviac, haveing to be on isolation amd the rest of the stuff nobody wants. i am exsausted and want to ge to bed but i just cant....!!!! my eyes r burning some one call the fire department!!! WATCH OUT THERE IS FIRE COMEING OUT MY EYES!!! HAHAHA!!! Why was 6 afraid of 7??..... BECAUSE 7 8 9, GET IT 7 ATE 9 HAHA. Oh and for those of u that have kids or any family member that is younger than 8 i have bad news for them they r going to be 8 be fore they turn nine!!!! get it they wont even turn 9 cause they will be aten ha i am funny!!!!! LOV YA'LL HOLLA TO UR BOYS AND GIRLS FOR ME!!!!!!!!"

Abbi's health update as of Sunday, February 13, 2011

3:33 PM, PST

i haven't been doing much updating lately, Abbi is doing great. she received her second dose of donor cells on the 10th of February. these donor cells are hopefully supposed to help her immune system recover quicker. we will be so happy when she can stop this medicine and go back to school. she has lost some weight, so if she doesn't try to gain at least a pound or two by the 23rd, her next visit, they will give her another med. to stimulate her appetite. it is not easy to get someone to eat who doesn't want to plus she now wants to be a vegetarian. but the docs said it was OK as long as she was getting her protein elsewhere, eggs, yogurt, milk etc. so i am trying by buying whole milk instead of 2 percent, to add extra calories. carnation instant breakfast shakes add more calories. and keeping track of what she eats and track of her weight helps. well she has never really been a great eater, she has her good days and bad. but she will get there. she is playing with her friend now so i will go, everyone have a great day.  Mom/Candice

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

well her checkup went well on the 26th of jan. she will recieve more cells on the 10th. her engraftment came back again overall 100% but one cell type was 99% again. and her blood work is all over the place but the docs dont seem to be concerned. normal fluctuation. i am just sick of the ups and downs, she is 100% she is 99%. i just want her better already. so she is doing good, it is another beautiful sunny day here. so everyone have a good day.  Abbi's Mom Candice

 

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