Day -7, -6, -5, -4

 So we are in the hospital for Alison's stem cell transplant!! We have completed negative day 7-4. When we get the official stem cell transplant that will be day 0 which will be this Friday!!

So far we do several types of chemotherapy. Some Alison has used before and some have been new. She is managing the treatment and walking 3 times a day. Finding purpose in little things is a blessing right now. Alison has the strength to walk about 5 miles each day and it helps her feel she is accomplishing something. Most of the time we are spending time watching TV. The doctor's say that bored is better than sick! So we will take bored any day. Her immune system is slowly dropping. In a few days she will take a chemotherapy that will completely wipe out her immune system. The reason why cancer patients get stem cell transplants is due to the aggressive nature of the chemotherapy that is used to kill all stem cells in the body. We just hope and pray that this will work and get the last remaining cancer that is in her.

As you can see from above I am sleeping a little bit better than Alison. It hard to be away from her right now. She has chemotherapy all day and night and I would hate not to be around to help and support her when she needs me. It's been great that grandma and grandpa are around to help out and we don't have to worry about the kids being taken care of. Very thankful for Google Hangout!! We talked to our kids frequently via webcam and it makes us all feel so much better. Overall it been fun working with the nurses here. I know where the diet coke is and I know where to get Alison ice water, and warm blankets. Luckily we enjoy each others company and we have laughed alot since we have been here.

We want to thank everyone again for the prayers, thoughts of kindness, and service which has been a blessing to our family. Desi