Hayden is making his own platelets! Yah. He has had his third blood check and his last count went from 25k platelets to
65k platelets. So for the second week we haven’t had to have platelets!

Our main concern now is the Graft vs Host (GVH) disease which is still being classified as mild. You can see a faint redness in his skin tone. His dosage for Predisolone has been increased to 3.3 ml, up from 2ml. His Cyclosporine was increased a bit as well. Both meds  are preventatives for GVH.

This is the second week Hayden is at home, he is crawling, pulling himself up on things and eating Macaroni and Cheese, spaghetti, potatoes, carrots, eggs and lots of other people food like a champ!

We had 0-3 child counselor come to the house to assess Hayden’s developmental skills. He passed with flying colors even though he has dealt with everything regarding the transplant. We will check his milestones again in another couple of months just to keep him on task!

In addition to Grandma watching Hayden during the week, Liz will start filling in when Grandma is working. Liz is a retired nurse and good friends of the Blatters. She and Hayden met yesterday and hit it off. She has 7 Grandchildren so she is very used to kids! Even though Rick and I administer all meds and flush and care for his Hickman, it is comforting to know that Hayden is in “medical minded” hands!

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