Transplant is officially scheduled. We are planning to be admitted on November 23rd to start bone marrow transplant. This is obviously disappointing since we will be in the hospital for Thanksgiving and likely Christmas, but we are mostly just ready to get this over with. Our donor (the backup donor who will now be just referred to as our donor) went in for blood work and was cleared to donate. They are an international donor (I don’t know anything more than that) and will donate their marrow on 12/1. It will be flown to UNC and the cells will be given to Oliver on 12/3. Will will be the backup donor if there is an emergency and we need an additional donor. Before they can give the cells, Oliver will have several types of chemo so that his body will be immunosuppressed and not fight the donor’s cells ,which is why we have to go to the hospital so many days before the transplant day. Much more info to come on bone marrow transplants— they are amazing and very intense.
So many of you have been asking how to help and since the time for transplant has finally come, I am ready for that help :) Your generosity and continued support of our family constantly amazes me! In the “How can I help?” section of my website, there is a meal train and an amazon wishlist of things I think Ollie would like. Thank you for helping us make this experience as enjoyable as possible, despite how hard this is going to be.