Vanessa was able to go to the hospital to start her tests today! The sooner the better for our little snail. She sent me this picture when my Dad and she were waiting. It is from her phone so it is fuzzy but I still think it is great! It looks like hope to me!Don't worry, she is wearing a mask just so she doesn't get sick, that could mean a delay of weeks for the transplant.
She had an EKG, x-rays, tons of blood drawn, vein approval, apheresis orientation and a meeting with the transplant coordinator, Ursula and it is only 3pm there!
Who is Shrew you ask? Vanessa's self given nickname. What is a Shrew? There are these creatures called Elephant Shrews and when Alex was a baby Vanessa took him to their favorite place, the zoo and they both fell in love with these animals. Alex was giggling, Vanessa just thought they were fabulous and so the Snail got a twin named Shrew. How a Chipmunk, a Snail and a Shrew are sisters is only for Vanessa to understand I suppose. :) To this day the boys and Vanessa hold their finger up to the nose and wiggle it around like an Elephant Shrew (below) at each other, it is their greeting.
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