Day 22

I am so happy and excited. Today we found out that Bridger has 100% Donor cells! His (new) marrow is producing new cells that will work properly! Some kids have less than 50% of there donor cells. We count ourselves blessed. We are so happy. Thank you a thousand times for all your prayers and faith. Speaking of prayers here is yet another example of an answered prayer. Bridger woke up very early this morning so he took a long, I mean a really long nap today. (It had me a little worried this being his second day in a row in bed.) He wasn’t very happy when he got woken up to a respiratory therapist trying to give him a breathing treatment. The treatment was a antibiotic that will last for 30 days. This is nice, it is one less med he will have to take every night. The only problem is Bridger didn’t think it was that nice. He hates getting breathing treatments. Every since last year when he had to do this treatment that smelled and probably tasted like a rotten egg. It was nasty. The whole room was left in a dense stinky fog that lingered far too long. Any way he was so upset he was screaming, crying, and thrashing around completely out of control. I couldn’t do anything, the therapist couldn’t do anything, and Bridger was trying very hard not to have to do anything in regards to the treatment. I had tried most of our calming techniques in vain. when all of the sudden the only thing I hadn’t don yet popped in to my head. We should say a prayer. For a moment I hesitated with the therapist being in the room, but I asked Bridger anyway and He said yes. So I told the therapist “we are going to say a prayer now”. He said “ok”, at this point willing to try anything. As I prayed we prayed Bridger would be calm and brave and that he would feel comforted. He calmed right down and when we were finished I was able to talk to him and he listened. I could as I am sure Bridger did, feel the love Heavenly Father has for him and his willingness to help him. It was a much needed immediate answer to our prayers.
After his treatment he had a bath but still didn’t want to walk around or be out of bed. So I carried him reluctantly out in to the hallway in hopes that would make him want to play. Luckily we had our favorite nurse J. and she convinced Bridger to show her how to play boxing on the wii. Bridger go right back in to the swing of things and was awake and happy. Because he has been extra tired, and His hemoglobin is 8.2 at 8 they get a blood transfusion but with it being so close to 8, Bridger’s sleepy behavior and us going home tomorrow. They gave him a blood transfusion to night. To marrow will be a long day as discharges always take longer than planed, I’d better get some sleep.