UPDATE!!!

Hey all sorry it took me so long to post another update:) We have been doing pretty good, of course there are going to be your ups and downs due to the fact that our lives have changed drastically in the past two weeks, but we are staying strong, positive and united as a loving family. On Wednesday we took Sarah to get her Trifusion catheter put in. I'm not a doctor but I'll explain it as best as I can. They place a tube inside of the neck through the internal jugular, then they go down to the aorta to just the tip of the heart. After the procedure they asked her to move on to her bed, once she laid down her heart rate went up to 149. They told her to get back on the table so they could move the tube further away from her heart. The tube was “tickling her heart” after they finished we had to stay in the hospital for 2 more hours so they could keep an eye on her. The 3 tubes come out of the right side of her chest where they can easily access blood and also do blood and platelet transfusions! It was hard for her at first because of the pain, she could not get a good nights rest and she could not relax in the shower with all of the saran wrap she had to cover it with, but it’s great that they don't have to poke her with needles every day. We still make our daily trip to the hospital so they can check her stats to see if she might need a transfusion. There have been a few Platelet transfusions, her counts are down and she has been feeling very weak and out of breath so she will probably get a blood transfusion soon.


Another GREAT thing that happened this weekend!!! My mom and dad went to the Utah Public Auto Auction where they put on a fund raiser for our family. They expressed that it was the most amazing event they have ever experienced. We are all so appreciative for all the help and love that the dealers, ownership, management, auctioneer, ring men, staff, and customers have blessed us with… thank you from the bottom of our hearts.


We would also like to thank Dr. Blatter the surgeon, the nurses that helped during the procedure: Dan, Tory, and Chris and the RN Shauna… she took very good care of Sarah and was very sweet:) Also the phlebotomist Jared, that takes Sarah’s blood whenever we go to the LDS hospital, Ladee our case worker, Dr. Finn Bo Peterson one of the three doctors over the bone marrow transplant center, and all of the wonderful nurses at the American Fork infusion center.