Thursday, December 11, 2008

Yesterday Gentry got to meet Miss Kansas. She was here visiting all the kids, of course Jerry said she was here because she heard he was up here. Gentry was too shy to get his photo taken with her but did get an autograph photo. He wore himself out playing yesterday so today was very tired and grumpy. He didn't want to get out of bed today and was pretty irritated with mom and dad most of the day. We are scheduled to see the pediatric cardiologist again on Monday at his office, meaning we should be home this weekend. We were hoping it would be Friday but we aren't sure now. He is having a spinal chemo treatment at 7:30 in the morning and then will have his IV chemo sometime afterward. So we don't know if he will be able to come home tomorrow. I am sure it depends on how he handles all the chemo tomorrow morning. 

We also talked to our representative from Cord Bank Registry today. Dr. Rosen filled out paperwork for me to be able to bank my cord blood for free since we have a child who is ill with a disease that stem cells can help. It's a process that can only be done when you have a baby so talk about incredible timing. It's a non-invasive procedure that my OB will do when I have the baby. Normally it's several thousand dollars to bank the stem cells and then $125 a year to have it stored. If we are approved we will only have to pay a one time fee of $150 and there is no cost to us to release the cells if we need them. We will know in the next 2 weeks if we are approved. 
Thanks for all the messages. We love hearing from everyone. 

3 comments:

Vicki R said...

Hi all, We think of you and pray constantly for Gentry and of course, for the whole family. We believe in great healing for Gentry. God'd timing is not always ours, but it is always perfect. We love yall! The Reed Clan

Lori May said...

Hi Jerry and Karen,

I just read the post about banking and the possible great gift of having the cording blood bank for basically free. What a wonderful news moment that must have been!

Your post reminded me of the verse, Romans 8:28 "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."

We hope to hear tomorrow that the spinal procedure went well.

Take care!
Lori May
lori.a.may@hotmail.com

Anonymous said...

Karen:
We sure miss you at team. We're so glad everything is going well for Gentry. He is a strong little guy and will come through with flying colors. He needs to hurry and get home and you need to be back at DMS. Give him a hug from the VIPS