Eli's Girl

Hi everyone. I'm typing this update from Eli's hospital room. He just completed receiving his last bag of stem cells. The transplant part is now over and we just have to pray that he recovers quickly. The first day was rough because the chemo they gave him really upset his stomach and he couldn't keep food down. Once they gave him the correct medication he was able to resume eating regular meals. He's been sleeping alot which is good because it makes the time go by faster. He's also been riding the bike that is in his room the past couple of days. So far everything is moving along rather smoothly. Now that he has been given his stem cells back his immune system will bottom out then recover. This process will hopefully put his myeloma in complete remission. The next couple of days may be a little rough on him, but he'll slowly recover and then be discharged from the hospital. My dad will be here on Sunday to help and we are all looking forward to seeing him.

Today we had two different nurses come in telling us about other transplant patients on this floor. One is a 6 week old baby that was born with no immune system and the others were a set of twins 4-year old who received stem cells from other donors. I figure that if these kids can handle this procedure Big Eli should be able to handle it like a champ. He's fighting! I'm not going to keep you too long. I'll be updating soon.
Thanks again for all of your prayers and positive thoughts!

Kimberly