Today I chose to document the day in pictures as it is a special day in a sense that it is the first day Bella begins Chemo, first day solely under the BMT team of doctors, and the first day everything really starts to come together for her transplant. So it's a special day.
9:30am
Bella started the day just chilling and watching some of her favorite cartoons like Toopy and Binoo. This lounge position she gets herself in is pretty cute.
Lyle and I went to Rounds at 10am and walked into a room of 15 people, all of which are Bella's BMT team. They did an excellent job of explaining everything today and made us feel really comfortable moving forward.
11am
Morning Playtime with dad. You could have a ton of fun toys around Bella, but as soon as a medical item is around her, she's interested. Hence her chewing on her oxygen probe.
12pm
Pre-nap Mommy snuggles and kisses.
1:45pm
On our way back to catch Bella waking up from her nap we stopped in the ACH cafeteria for the Irish dancing event.
2pm
Our little sweetpea is not quite up yet. She had a great nap today.
2:30pm
They now start preparing Bella for the first part of the chemo conditioning which is a needle she will get in her thigh of a med called Campath. She will get this needle tomorrow and Thursday as well. 30min prior they need to give her meds to help prevent certain things. Two of these meds are by the iv in her chest. So in the photo our nurse is cleaning her lines and doing a cap change on Bella's lines. She also received Tylonol through her Gtube.
2:40pm
Bella having an ECG for her heart check. She's had many of these before. It's common to have this done before a new med, in this case, before chemo conditioning.
3pm
Me holding ice on Bella's thigh where she will receive the Campath needle poke. Because this med may cause a rash they can not use any freezing cream. So we can ice her thigh for a bit before the needle. Bella received this needle at 3:20pm today.
3:30pm
A few minutes after her needle poke. Tears are all gone and she's feeling really good. Since 2pm our nurses have been in Bella's room constantly for everything, and now they stay and do more vitals more often and watch her close. They have to watch for any reaction and make sure no negative reaction occurs. Bella did great. No rash and not even a fever.
4:30pm
No pants party! Aaaand a t-shirt change. Bella had got a lil sick at 4pm and had one puke but was feeling fine after. Had to change her shirt after the spit up and just keep her pants off to watch her thigh to make sure no rash appeared.
No more pukes after that and Bella had a great rest of the night. She was happy and played and fell asleep at 7pm. Her blood pressure cuff and oxygen probe will stay on her for the night as she sleeps because her nurse will be checking her vitals every 4 hours. She's been sleeping very well lately and even through diaper changes. So she should still have a great sleep and be well rested for another big day tomorw.
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