05/25/2010 by Sherrie Wells Well, I have some news. I’m told it’s not bad or good, we just need to change things up a bit. Brady’s engraftment percentage was at 98% two weeks ago. They were hoping for the same or higher last week. Well, it went down to 96%. I immediately started to panic… [Read More]
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05/18/2010 by Michael Wells We had another wonderful visit to CHOP’s day hospital today. My “oh, so proud” moment was when the nurse told Brady that she had to give him a needle in his hand. He held up his hand, looked at her, and said “boo-boo”. She confirmed that he would have a boo-boo…. [Read More]
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05/12/2010 by Michael Wells We have some wonderful news to share and some not so wonderful. First the good news and then we’ll move on to the other stuff. Brady is doing incredibly well. Yesterday, he had his weekly check-up at CHOP and didn’t even let out a peep when he was given an IV… [Read More]
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05/07/2010 by Michael Wells Just some GREAT news today! Brady’s has 98% of my stem cells running around his little body. His medical team would have been extremely pleased with 96% so they are just ecstatic over the tremendous results of Brady’s peripheral blood stem cell transplant. Needless to say so are Sherrie and I!… [Read More]
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04/30/2010 by Michael Wells Yesterday Brady was at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) to have his broviac catheter removed and to have a bone marrow aspiration performed. A bone marrow aspiration is removes a small amount of bone marrow fluid and cells through a needle put into the hip. This procedure is much less invasive… [Read More]
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04/22/2010 by Michael Wells First and most importantly; Brady is doing incredibly well. He’s been improving each and every day. His medical team is extremely pleased with his progress and it appears things are going in the right direction. Sherrie and I could not be happier! It’s just beyond my ability to write the correct… [Read More]