Newest Timeline

     I just heard from George's transplant team and have the new itinerary for him and Kate. So if all goes well between now and then, George will be admitted into the hospital and receive his port and PIC line on July 25th. He will begin his chemotherapy on the 26th and will continue this through August 5th. Kate will be admitted and have her part of the surgery on August 5th. If all goes well on her end then she will be released on the 6th.       
     George will continue on his Neupogen shots through June 19th to help him fully heal from his tonsillectomy. We have a ton of testing and scans for both kids in the next two weeks leading up to George's admission date. So right now we will let George heal and then try once again to keep all the kids healthy so that this date can stick. I feel good going into this but it still is heavy thinking about all that is about to happen. For now we will just prepare for everything at home as far as getting the girls ready for back to school and re packing for our hospital stay. Oh and eating a ton of Ice Cream. This "tonsil" diet is a very welcomed in the Mitchell house. One would think we all had ours removed.





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  1. UnknownJuly 15, 2019 at 5:17 PM

    You are in my prayers. Love to all of you, Lisa and John

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  2. Allison BakerJuly 15, 2019 at 9:10 PM

    I scream, you scream! We all scream for ice cream!

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