Today didn't start out very well. Rachel had an upset stomach from the start and was very weak. So she got some meds for the nausea and went back to sleep until about 12:00. At which point she woke up and was soon sick on her stomach again. The blessing was suppose to be at 1:00, but was was throwing up at that point so they decided to come back after more meds had a chance to work. At 1:45 the chaplain came as well as a friend from a local church, and another staff member that has been very helpful. The bulletin from the blessing was nice and had the scriptures and readings typed inside that were used for the blessing. Each of us there had a part to read and then we took some oil and rubbed that on her and said a prayer. Short and nice.
About 2:30 we went down for the radiation. That only took about 20 min. When we got back Rachel opened up some of her birthday presents she received from family and friends from church.
The pink prayer shawl in the picture was made by volunteers and was waiting for Rachel when she got back from the radiation. Then she started feeling bad again and received more meds and went to sleep. We found out this afternoon that they are going to do the transplant tonight at 10pm. The marrow got here sooner than expected so they are going to go ahead and do this. I will take pictures nurses say most people do this...after all it is what we have been waiting for.
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