07/04/2025
Day 1!!!!! Today is the first day of Kaia having her new stem cells!!! It has been a rough two weeks preparing her for ‘Cell Day’ yesterday with Kaia getting chemo to knock out all her own cells but she did really well on transplant day. She received her new cells late last night and immediately after requested a “New York hot dog”!…she has only ever had a hot dog in New York so I guess she associates them together😂
We are so so thankful to the amazing donor who has given our daughter this opportunity for a second chance at life. Now, we wait to see if the new stem cells are going to take and engraft in Kaia’s bone marrow to be able to make red blood cells, white cells and platelets.
We are so fortunate to have an amazing team at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital helping us to get through this. I have been absolutely amazed by the level of support, experience, and kindness we have received from the nurses, doctors, physical therapists, occupational therapists, Child Life team, art therapists, social workers and the list goes on.
And again I want give our gratitude for our family and friends and Columbus Academy family and NMDP staff who have been on this journey with this and not only rooting Kaia on but also made such big efforts is helping to find a donor match for Kaia.
We have also been so fortunate to have the support from a many of Kaia’s special friends and their families who have been there for us from day 1. We love you all❤️
We will continue to try to post updates about Kaia’s progress