Day 100: The last major hurdle

September 15th-21st

Before I discuss the relevance of day 100 post-transplant to Camryn, I would like to share some other items that may be of interest to you. You may recall that a few weeks after the bone marrow transplant,  some of Camryn's largest and most troublesome warts began to shrivel and drop off. The transformation was remarkable to see. About a month ago some of the remaining warts did the opposite, they began to grow, especially those on her hands, which was somewhat expected. Now, within the last few weeks, those warts are beginning to shrivel and dry up. These are the peskiest among all those pesky warts and they appear to be finally losing the survival battle. As you can
imagine, Camryn is quite happy to see those things disappear. Except for one lone holdout wart, Camryn's feet are now all clear of warts; which was unthinkable three months ago considering the soles of her feet were covered with so many warts it gave the appearance as one gigantic wart. We continue to be amazed at  Camryn's transformation made possible by Morgan's bone marrow. Thank you again Morgan.

Day 100. Next week Camryn will have, hopefully, her last battery of organ function tests. She will have her heart, lungs, eyes, kidneys, etc, all checked to ensure no issues. If all goes well Camryn will then have her central line, venous catheter, removed. Camryn is most excited about that. It's been hard for her to live with that line for past 100 days, but she has done very well being patient with the daily routine of flushing the lines and having that tube dangling from her upper chest. The one test that will not occur, much to the elation of Camryn, is the bone marrow biopsy. Because Camryn's recovery has gone so well, and the assumption that her newly transplanted marrow is fully functional and 100%  Morgan's, as is evident from the disappearing warts, her docs decided the biopsy in no longer necessary. Even though it's just a marrow biopsy, it's still very painful and takes 3-5 days to recover. While day 100 is enormously significant, it still is only a milestone on the same road of recovery that Camryn must travel. She still must remain isolated from the public until January and
EVERYONE in our immediate family MUST receive a flu shot; and that includes the three college kids who must also comply if they want to be home with the family at Christmas. Each of us receiving the flu shot protects Camryn. She can't have one yet because her immune system is still firing up. Introducing a live virus into her body now would not be wise. So my needle phobic children will need to toughen up and get the shot, the big babies. So, Camryn continues to progress exceptionally well on her road to recovery.
Next week: some pictures of the fuzzy headed girl.