Here is the latest from Matt:
Today the doctors came in and shocked us with the news that Beth has a white blood cell count as of today, DAY 7 after transplant.
This is significant for a couple of reasons:
1) This means the stem cells are actually now producing cells. Medically, this is good news that has arrived a few days early!!
2) Today is Barry Patterson's birthday. Barry died of Fanconi related bone marrow failure and is Beth's brother. We PRAYED for something to occur on THIS SPECIFIC DAY ... and God answered!!
However, this does NOT mean engraftment has occurred. The doctors define engraftment as 3 consecutive days of a neutrophil count (a neutrophil is a specific type of white blood cell) above 0.5. So please continue to pray for engraftment.
Thanks so much for your prayers!!
Matt
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