Transplant Today!!!

Rob's dad is having his stem-cell transplant today, so keep him in your prayers, and keep your fingers crossed. He's just been through 5 days of chemo, a full-body radiation, and now he's on just about every medication possible to prevent infection and organ failure. Around noon he'll receive his new stem cells through infusion in his central line. It's a rough road ahead (not that it hasn't been a rough road for the past year), and they are pretty apprehensive, but optimistic. It takes between 4-6 weeks for the stem cells to engraft in his bone marrow, and start making new blood. It's a really scary process, but he's got a great team of doctors and nurses caring for him. Rob has been able to spend quite a bit of time in the hospital with him this last week, and will be with him a lot over the next several weeks. His sister Tara is there almost every day too, and sister Sena is coming in for the weekend. Grandma stays with him day and night.

We love you Grandpa- you are constantly in our prayers!