4-20-09 (-: Bone Marrow Transplant Today:-)

The nurse came in this morning at 8:00 am and said they had scheduled Larry's stem cell transplant (transfusion) for 11:30 am and he would be getting 3 bags. Two nurses came in the room at 11:00 and gave him a bag of benadryl through his IV to keep him from having an allergic reaction to the transfusion. They started the stem cell transplant (transfusion) at 11:45 am. Another nurse that was assigned to him yesterday came and sang Happy Birthday to him and Larry said "It's not my birthday" and she said "yes is is, it's the first day of your new life"!!! We were both very moved at her thoughtfulness. Each bag took about 30 minutes to complete and they were through at 1:00 pm. Larry was very groggy and would periodically fall asleep only to be suddenly awakened by his LOUD SNORING. The nurses stayed in his room the whole time monitoring his vital signs to make sure his body was accepting the transfusion. When the transfusion was over they left the room but would return every 30 minutes to make sure he was still doing OK.

At 2:15 pm Larry ordered his lunch and received it at 3:00 and ate everything on his plate. He laid back in bed and with the remote in hand would flip through a couple of channels then fall asleep and wake himself up with his LOUD SNORING which went on til 5:30 when he looked over at me and I was snoozing too. He woke me up and said he felt like walking and wanted me to go back to camp so I gathered up all of my "stuff" and he walked me to the elevator. He called me at 8:00 pm and said he had been snoozing off and on all evening but all in all he was feeling OK. He said he was going to turn early tonight and would see me in the morning.

We have felt the presence of the Lord all day today.......and I can't imagine anyone going through this without him.

Larry has been enjoying all of your replies to our emails and we thank you all for your love, prayers and support.