4/5/2012 Engraftment Day!!!

Today has been a big day in this trip. I woke up early so I came to the hospital. I thought they may remove the breathing tube today and I wanted to be here for that. I wanted to hear her voice. It was all I had hoped for. She went from having the tube removed to not needing oxygen at all this evening. She regained some strenght today and even asked the nurse if she could do some excercises with her legs. They had told her a therapist would be here to work with her soon and she wanted to get started before they got here. I need to clear one thing up. Gennie did not have a heart attack. The cardiologist was here and explained to me she had heart failure not an attack. He believes her heart may recover on it's own with time. They will continue to watch her and treat her as needed. The big news this evening was her BMT doctor was here and he told us the cells are engrafting. He actually said it was happening a little to quickly but not to worry. We just need to watch for GVHD issues from this point on. Skin rashes mouth sores etc... His thoughts were Gennie may be moved back to the BMT floor very soon, maybe even tomorrow. As good as these folks are here on Res ICU it will be good to have her back on the BMT floor. That's all for now, Bob