07/25/2025
Today is the day!
Waylon’s last stem cell/bone marrow transplant.
It’s done ✅✅✅
Our friends at knew we couldn’t do it without a giant dolphin 🐬😉 and our amazingly thoughtful friend who was working over at the main hospital ran over an iced coffee and a cake pop…
Waylon’s starting to feel extra yucky as his numbers “crash” from chemo. This is all kind of in line with previous rounds. Although we know what to expect, it’s never easier to see your child suffer.
I just pray he can understand in some little tiny way that we are doing this to give him the very best chance at a normal life. As hard as it all is, as evil as these drugs are, there are many families that have walked this path and their babies ring the bell of victory and never see the evil thing come back again. I just know our Lord and Savior has healed our guy. I know our story will be in line with the most successful of them all 🙏🏻
I could write a whole post about the conversation I had with our nurse yesterday but the most important and outstanding thing she said to me was “He knows what it feels like, to see your child suffer the most unimaginable… He sent his son, Jesus, to die.” We cried. Yes he did. He knows my pain. He knows my husband’s pain. He sees us and knows us, and he loves Waylon beyond what we could ever imagine. I just can’t tell you how incredibly special that conversation was ♥️🙏🏻 I just know I fell asleep thanking the Lord for it and praying that today would happen without a hitch.
So from here, Waylon will continue to feel the side effects of chemo, plus the side effects of his body recognizing and accepting his stem cells and fighting with all it’s got to restore balance in his blood and overall chemistry. He will recover and we will bring him home in a couple weeks ♥️🙏🏻
If you watch the video I attached here you can see the cells flowing through the tubing, right into Waylon’s heart. Truly awe inspiring to see.
Thank you for praying. Please keep praying! ♥️🙏🏻