February 7th, Day +1

Yesterday was hard for us all, but we are past that now, we now look forward to Ryan getting better..

I forgot to mention in yesterday blog that Dave had sent a beautiful email to CFRB (radio station) here in Toronto ( what a beautiful email it was) in short it basicly said that Bill Carroll the host of the show always opens up his family to us the public and his experiences. Dave wrote to thank him for that as he also has a child that visits sicks kids and it is easier for us as parents to come here knowing that other people think highly of SKH....it mentioned how they have somethings in possible and Dave was hoping that we never had SKH in common but now we do.
Then he went on to tell Ryan's story and Ally being a match... so they went on the air yesterday morning with the story and then Dave was interviewed for a few minutes....

All of this really makes us all realize what is truly important to us...Family, friends, health and happiness and love..not the cars, the big houses, money, trips...they are nice, but not important in the grand scheme of things... I would rather live knowing I have my kids, our family and friends and health than any amout of money in the world. ( it really does put it into perspective)

So I went home last night for the weekend to give TLC to Ally, but I find myself back at the hospital with Ryan as Dave had to run an important errand. So to date....Ally is doing great...she slept until 7:30 am and does not seem to be in any pain today....she has had a great breakfast and her bottle and my parents are watching her until I get back when I will bath her and take off her bandages...She has not needed any pain medication....

Ryan is also good, he ate 3/4 of a pancake this morning, 1/2 a bowl of cheerios and a chocolate...not bad for a little guy in his condition...

He looks extremely tired and will not eat his lunch....vitals are stable.....

His counts today are

WBC - 1.0 no change but it is expected to change soon.
RBC - 89 so up a bit
PLT - 31 so also up a bit...

I have talked to the nurse today and she tell me the Red and Platlets will fluctuate...
The whites will depleat to nothing very soon. Fever will set in and we wait for some sign of graft vs host (Ryan's body fighting Ally's marrow)...we want to see a small amount of this, not to much..sounds a bit strange as we want him to except it...what we want to see is graft vs Luekemia (Ally's marrow fighting the Luekemia)

I hope everyone is enjoying there weekend, will post again tomorrow or Monday.