Happy Engraftment Day!

Today was a very very good day. It was Greta's engraftment day which means her stem cells are doing their thing and Greta's white blood cell count is up. She is off most of her IV drugs except for her nutrition IV. She'll be weaned off that starting tomorrow. Once she is able to eat, drink and poop on her own, she'll be cleared to return home, maybe even as early as Wednesday!

The other good news is that I got the go ahead to visit Greta today with a mask. I was greeted with a great big smile and a hug, but then she immediately got upset that I had a mask on. She got over it pretty quickly and I got to spend the next 5 hours holding her. I am not allowed to sleep over just yet, but I know once we get the all clear for that, I'll be back in the line up. Thanks goes to Opa who has spent the last two nights with Greta.

The only bad news we had was Greta's new Broviac has a line that won't clear so it only has one functioning line. Instead of putting her through another surgery they have decided to leave the line as is. The only risk is that she could develop an infection in the line as we aren't able to flush it with antibiotics. This may mean that she'll have the Broviac removed sooner than planned. That will be nice so she can take baths without worrying about getting her site wet. But it means that she'll have to get poked for blood draws or for any scans she'll receive in the future.

We'd like to thank both Grammy and Opa who have given their time to help us out with Greta the last 3 weeks. I know they wouldn't have had it any other way, but it was nice to have them available when I was out of commission. Thank you also to my sister Kari for arranging the cleaning of our home last week. It is so nice to have one last thing to worry about when Greta returns home.

Thanks again for all the support we couldn't have gotten through these last 3 weeks without it! Now it's time to celebrate!

Love,
The Betz Family