Well, its approx 1:30 pm in Germany and we are done! The transplant went smooth and Ethan woke up happy and smiling. He ate and drank some apple juice at the hospital and we were allowed to leave. We are now back at the hotel and have a calm rest of the day planned. The dr said they harvested 5 million cells with over 100% vitality...that is GREAT news! Typical collection is 2 million, so our chances of success increase. Now...its just wait and see and go from there.
We met one of my Facebook friends, Karen and her husband, James, from England who too had their little boy, Joel, over for a treatment. It was great to finally meet them and we had fun talking. The boys hit it off and had their picture taken together. We also met a family from Australia who were there with their daughter for a treatment as well. It was an interesting day...some tears, lots of smiles and overall a day I will never forget.
Thank you to EVERYONE for your thoughts, prayers and help...we love you all and couldn't have done this without you!
Until later, have a great day and we'll continue to post a few updates as we are over here. We will be leaving on Sunday (7-18) at 11:30 Germany time and will reach Fargo around 6 p.m.! Cannot wait to see everyone!
Lisa
So glad it is over & everything went good! Wonderful! Enjoy the rest of your stay! Thanx!
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