18 November 2015

Today was Simone's last day visiting with her Papa.  It was great having him here. Spending quality time..

17 November 2015


Family Meeting in Pretoria

Morning all Simone had a long day at the Doctors rooms today, her Papa decided he would like to join us and hear what the Dr has to say about the upcoming events.
We started with Chest X rays at 10H15 then off  to Sonar at 10H45, ECG 11H48, Lung exercise Spirometer.
Then we were off to the Dr's room for all the meetings. We met with the Accounts department, Social Worker, Donor Team and lastly at the end of the day we saw Dr Brittain. He went through everything regarding the Donor and the Process that waits ahead  for us.

23 November - Unitas hospital for Radiation 4 days
26 November - Pretoria East Hospital
27 November - Chemo starts today and will run for four days then she has two days rest before the transplant
28 November - 4 days of ATG which is known as Horse / Rabbit serum, this helps to paralyze Simone's Bone marrow so the New Bone marrow can come in and take over her body.
3 December - Stem Cells Arrive for the Transplant.
4 December till 24 December is recovery period.

16 November 2015

Morning everyone Simone has just written her first exam today with Mandy at Home as she tires quite easily still. She wrote Life Sciences, at least that is one exam down.. Her next Exam will be Maths on Friday. Lots of studying to do.

13 November 2015

Simone had to do her last testing for her Donor, another 12 Vials today... Wow its a lot I can just imagine how tired Simone is of giving so much Blood all the time.
A True Champion...

11 November 2015

Simone's blood work is back from yesterday and some are looking a little low.
Haemaglobin: 11.2
White Cell Count: 1.3
Platelets: 175
Fibrinogen was a bit low so she will need to get Neupogen shots again. No Chemo today as her counts were too low.
Simone had to do a Bone Marrow Biopsy as its very close to her transplant date and they cant do the process if she is not in remission.

10 November 2015

Morning today is the Big Day for Jason, Paul McVicar and myself, we have to do our next donation of blood again.. Simone and her Papa are coming with to watch get the needle today.. Ha ha.. Change of roles for a change!!

7 November 2015

Today is the Big Blood Drive at Sasolburg that Magda Carter has arranged... unfortunately Simone was very tired today so she couldn't go through for the day.
Magda had a great day at the Blood Drive they had quite a lot of people donating!!
Well Done Magda and Thank you for The Amazing efforts you are always making.