The Main Event
As we were walking from the parking lot into the hospital yesterday morning I had to pinch myself to make sure it was really happening. I had been dreaming of that moment for so long and it felt so good to be there, and for Elisabeth to be healthy, and to know that just four floors up a bag filled with her stem cells was waiting to be infused into her:
[Checking into the hospital.]
[Anxiously awaiting the big moment.]
[The much-talked-about stem cells.]
[A man serenaded Elisabeth with lullaby's the entire time as a form of music therapy - you know, to make getting poked slightly less traumatic. It was wonderful.]
[In go the last bits of those magical cells.]
Now comes the fun part - to wait and watch and hope.
Those cells have the potential to help heal her damaged brain - and oh, what that could mean for her!
Maybe she'll learn to roll again, or crawl. Or maybe she'll once again be able to swallow food or liquids. There are many things to hope for, but the number one thing on my 'wish list' is for Elisabeth to stop her head banging. I know I don't post about it a lot, but she bangs her head - hard - on the floor whenever she is left unattended. And let me just say that watching your child hurt themselves is not a fun thing to see.
So work little cells, work!!!
Thank you Dr. Kurtzberg and the staff at Duke University Children's Hospital! We are sooooo grateful!
As we were walking from the parking lot into the hospital yesterday morning I had to pinch myself to make sure it was really happening. I had been dreaming of that moment for so long and it felt so good to be there, and for Elisabeth to be healthy, and to know that just four floors up a bag filled with her stem cells was waiting to be infused into her:
[Checking into the hospital.]
[Anxiously awaiting the big moment.]
[The much-talked-about stem cells.]
[A man serenaded Elisabeth with lullaby's the entire time as a form of music therapy - you know, to make getting poked slightly less traumatic. It was wonderful.]
[In go the last bits of those magical cells.]
Now comes the fun part - to wait and watch and hope.
Those cells have the potential to help heal her damaged brain - and oh, what that could mean for her!
Maybe she'll learn to roll again, or crawl. Or maybe she'll once again be able to swallow food or liquids. There are many things to hope for, but the number one thing on my 'wish list' is for Elisabeth to stop her head banging. I know I don't post about it a lot, but she bangs her head - hard - on the floor whenever she is left unattended. And let me just say that watching your child hurt themselves is not a fun thing to see.
So work little cells, work!!!
Thank you Dr. Kurtzberg and the staff at Duke University Children's Hospital! We are sooooo grateful!
