Today was the big day! Emilie had her NK cell infusion at 5:17p.m. today. The tech arrived with the NK cells in a small cooler ready to go. We asked him a few questions regarding the harvest and processing. The harvest was plentiful: 285,000,000 cells were harvested which is 4 times more than what they expected to harvest. The tech was very excited to have processed such a large amount of healthy NK cells. The processing took approximately 10 hours. The actual infusion was 10mL over three minutes. Emilie was on the monitor for two hours post-infusion in the event of a reaction. Thankfully, she did really well and did not react to the cells. The first image above is the infusion showing the actual syringe with NK cells. The second image is our NK team: "NK Master" Carleton, Nurse Miranda, and Nurse Wanda. The last image is post-NK cell infusion recovery.
We are so grateful that God gave our doctors and researchers wonderfully creative and smart minds and that He gave us this opportunity to further eliminate any remaining cancers cells.
We have very happy hearts today and are singing this song.
My favorite Veggie Tales song, The Thankfulness Song"
I thank God for this day,
For the sun in the sky,
For my mom and my dad,
For my piece of apple pie!
For our home on the ground,
For His love, that's all around,
That's why I say thanks every day!
Because a thankful heart is a happy heart!
I'm glad for what I have,
That's an easy way to start!
For the love that He shares
'Cause He listens to my prayers,
That's why I say thanks every day!
1 comment:
I'm so thankful to hear all went well. Say hello to Emilie for us.. Ariel enjoyed her note and will make a point to email her soon :-).
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