Tuesday, June 18th

Day 1: Admission / Surgery

Camryn was admitted today. Started with a 7:30 am surgery to insert a venous catheter just below her left shoulder blade. Took about an hour. The catheter makes blood draws so much easier on the patient. Camryn will have multiple draws everyday. Camryn spent the day getting acquainted with her new room, where she will be for the next six weeks, and recovering from the surgery. She was groggy most of the day. Of course Lee Ann was there all day. She wants to decorate the room "Camryn" style, which is allowed. From the pictures posted, you may have noticed that Camryn has significantly shorter hair. We convinced her to have her hair cut short, just to see if she like short hair. Camryn agreed it was a good time to try short hair since she will probably lose all of her hair any way due to the chemotherapy. We all agreed, the hair is a hit. I drove up all the kids to see Camy, except Sydney. Sydney has a cough and if you have a cough or the sniffles, you are not allowed in the unit. ALL of the patients in "6A" are immunocompromised, meaning, they don't have or have only weak immune systems from chemotherapy. Nice spacious room, with parental "sleeping" bed. My turn will come shortly. Big day tomorrow, Camryn begins chemotherapy. She will be administered chemotherapy for eight straight days. She gets one day off, then on Friday, June 27th, Camryn receives her new bone marrow from her donor, Morgan. More on that tomorrow. A good first day, but a little anxiety for Camy.

Camryn and Jaime Shae saying goodbye
5:30 am Tuesday morning
(this one was a tear jerker)

The BIG goodbye from her sisters

Even though they have separate beds
at home, they always end up in the
same bed. So why not at the hospital too?