Update and transplant time has arrived - chemo commences!

Update and transplant time has arrived...
Since August we got delayed for Harrison's admission 3 times. But he now has a central line back in as of November and yesterday 4/1/16 was admitted to Childrens hospital Westmead.

In the work up for transplant for the tests that included line insertion, retinal photography, cardio echo, set, lots and lots of blood , ct scan and hearing tests , we discovered that Harrison has moderate hearing loss in both ears. So pre hospital we got him some hearing aids .
Day-8
Today Harrison has started his first ever chemo. Alemtuzumab is the first Ned today along with oral meds, this alemtuzumab will kill of Harrison's T cells preparing his body to not get graft vs host disease post transplant. Tomorrow Day -7 fludabarabine is added to this and by day -6 the treosulfan is added. I combination they will work to deplete Harrison's bone marrow and T cells from his blood in preparation for bone marrow transplant on 14 January. Ella is again Harrison's donor . And Harrison's older siblings Marlie and sterling are always around to be awesome support r siblings . So hard this time with them being older . They know the risks of this for Harrison. And they can't visit as they would like . Hopefully the /-3 month stay will pass quickly.

I wl update twice weekly now with Harrison's bmt progress. May this be his final
Ever transplant !
Photos to follow when the app is downloaded!! X