Julie and Paul have made the trek back to LDS Hospital every day this past week because of stomach pain, nausea, throwing-up, and not being able to eat much food. It's been very frustrating and painful, especially when just getting calories in her is key. Everything tastes horrible to her and it's hard to keep it down. On Thursday she met with the Gastroenterologist about her stomach pain. She went back on Friday for an endoscopy, which showed stomach inflammation. They took biopsy samples of the stomach lining. They are testing it for possible infection, GVHD (Graft vs. Host Disease), and/or a reaction to medicines she's taking. Unfortunately, it's a holiday weekend, so even with the testing being sent out stat, who knows when we'll see results. On the bright side, Julie is still super happy to be home...and her poodle has come out of the depths of despair and woe.
My mom took a photo of her hero, her brother Barry, who donated bone marrow stem cells for her transplant. We are still so thankful he was a match and he was selfless enough to help!
These are her 2nd Birthday balloons. In the Leukemia wing of LDS Hospital, everyone celebrates the bone marrow transplant day as the patients 2nd birthday. My dad went and got some fun balloons to celebrate this awesome day! She now has two birthdays a year... May 29th and July 20th. Mark your calendars!
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