Happy Snailsgiving!

We have so much to be thankful for on this Thanksgiving! We have had so many small and huge miracles in the past 3 months, defying all odds and shocking the country's experts is hard to do. In order to make the transplant a success Vanessa had to donate 11 million stem cells. This is hard to do and usually takes 2 days. Vanessa donated 21 million stem cells in 1 day! The doctors said that the stem cells were "magnificent" and that Vanessa and Valerie were a perfect match! They do not know of that many cells ever being donated in one process.
Vanessa and Valerie exchanged gifts just before the transplant. A penguin webkin for Vanessa and a Pocket Dragon for Valerie.
Valerie was very nervous but still her sweet self during the transplant telling the stems cells "Go Stems, Go!" and even helping one along that had found its way into the wrong tube. "This way guys" she told them. A comfort from her angels, the tubing for this is very long and somehow it curled itself into a perfect heart shape and since it was hot pink, it was very pretty. It was very quick only taking about 20 minutes to give her 5 million stem cells. There were jokes made about selling the rest on eBay but for now the other 16 million are frozen but we know we will never need them. Her blood pressure returned to normal in about 20 minutes after and her nurse told her that her heart said, "Ok, I'll take them." So sweet!

The last couple of days have been back to the roller coaster ride we had before. She will be just fine and then 3 minutes later is in horrific pain or sick. They have pretty much figured out her tummy and pain meds because each person is different so it takes a while to get the cocktail just right. The doctors think her body is responding to the transplant already which is amazing but we will not know for sure for 2-3 weeks. Merry Christmas to us! She had Mom's homemade Thanksgiving food yesterday and loved the stuffing ball as usual. Stuffing Balls? Oh yes! Do you love the crunchy of stuffing? You would love these!
Have a Happy Thanksgiving! We are thankful for all of you!