Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Dia Cero/Day Zero
Es el dia del despegue. Ahora mismo el transplante de medula esta viajando rumbo a Seattle y se espera que llegué como a las 11:00pm asi que quizas el "dia cero" no sea hoy si no mañana. Eso de dia cero es porque el dia del transplante se considera dia cero y se empieza a contar desde ese dia. Los primeros 90 dias son los más importantes y peligrosos. Hoy en la cotidianeidad de la espera en el hospital. Visitas y globos para celebrar el famiso dia cero. El transplante resetea el "disco duro" inmunológico de Virginia y borra toda la memoria inmunologica por lo que se considera que va a tener el sistema inmune de un recien nacido. El resto de Virginia seguira de 31 años. Virginia estuvo con un poco de nausea hoy y nos asegura de que no hay manera de que esté embarazada. Vamos darle el beneficio de la duda. En serio, le dieron la medicina para la nausea que la "alentó" mucho pero no le quitó la nausea por completo. a las once y media o en la madrugada, lo que es seguro es que Virginia amanece mañana con una medula ósea nueva!
Aburrrrr!
Today is the day of lift off. As I type this the donated bone marrow is traveling towards Seattle and will arrive to the hospital at about 11:00pm PST so the actual date for "day zero" is not certain. This thing about day zero is about counting the days since the transplant. The most important and dangerous days are the first 90. Today in the doldrums of waiting some visitors and balloons to celebrate Z day broke the tension. What happens is that the transplants resets the inmune system and erases all inmunological memory so Virginia will have the inmunity of a new born. The rest of Virginia will continue to be 31. Today she felt a little bit nauseous and she assures us that there is no way that she is pregnant and we will give her the benefit of the doubt. The Compasin helped with the nausea but did not take it away. At eleven thirty or in the wee hours of the morning it will be done and Virginia will wake up tomorrow with a new bone marrow!
See ya'
Aburrrrr!
Today is the day of lift off. As I type this the donated bone marrow is traveling towards Seattle and will arrive to the hospital at about 11:00pm PST so the actual date for "day zero" is not certain. This thing about day zero is about counting the days since the transplant. The most important and dangerous days are the first 90. Today in the doldrums of waiting some visitors and balloons to celebrate Z day broke the tension. What happens is that the transplants resets the inmune system and erases all inmunological memory so Virginia will have the inmunity of a new born. The rest of Virginia will continue to be 31. Today she felt a little bit nauseous and she assures us that there is no way that she is pregnant and we will give her the benefit of the doubt. The Compasin helped with the nausea but did not take it away. At eleven thirty or in the wee hours of the morning it will be done and Virginia will wake up tomorrow with a new bone marrow!
See ya'
# posted by Loquero @ 11:21 PM 
