Tuesday. Match Day!!! I had Bryant at his 5 year old check up with Dr. Villar when we got the call from Riley saying that the results from the Bone Marrow Match came in. (We have been waiting for almost 2 weeks!) Dr. Kopp told him we had 2 matches!!! Preston AND Bryant are perfect matches for Riley!! What an incredible blessing! The chances that a sibling will be a match is only 25%. Those are not the greatest odds. So... incredible that we got two!! Riley said that the doctors and nurses were giving high fives all around! Everyone was so excited! I hated to miss all the excitement, but we had our own celebration with Dr. Roberts and Dr. Villar. Bryant is a miracle in his own right. When he was born and again when he was 6 weeks old, he beat the odds. Dr. Villar treasures our boy because of the experience we had with him.
After the appointment, Bryant went to Nana and Papa's house for the day and I headed over to the hospital. We were so excited about the match that we chatted with doctors and nurses and forgot to get any pictures for the day. But what a wonderful day it was!!! We feel so greatly blessed for this miracle for Riley!!
Labs today:
White blood cells: .8 (normal 4.5 - 13.5)
Red Blood cells: 8.4 (normal 13.5 - 17.5)
Platelets: 16 (normal 150 - 425) one unit transfused
ANC: 0 ( < 500 = severely neutropenic) (normal 2,000 - 5,000)
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