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April Update

by Lani Brumley
5/6/2024

Since being out of the hospital I have been managing my care outpatient through Fred Hutch. In short, it has been a full time job!  I have been at the clinic Monday-Friday most weeks with very few days off. The first 2 weeks of being out of the hospital were rough;... [READ MORE]

Week of 3/31

by Lani Brumley
4/22/2024

The first few days of this week were long and the waiting game was wearing on me.  Finally on Tuesday, I got the news I was waiting for! My numbers started to increase which is a direct sign of a successful transplant and engraftment! The first blood counts to increase are... [READ MORE]

Week of 3/24

by Lani Brumley
4/3/2024

This week was mostly just waiting for my counts to start climbing. We have yet to see that, but that is expected at this point in my healing journey. My care team informed me on average people engraft by day +18 and I am currently on day +13.  My only setback... [READ MORE]

Week of 3/17

by Lani Brumley
3/30/2024

This week was another eventful week. I had my highly anticipated Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) transplant on Tuesday March 19th, which is now known as my re-birthday. The day went well and I was extremely energetic as I awaited my new cells that came from Kira.  Kira’s procedure went smoothly and they were... [READ MORE]

Week of 3/10/24

by Lani Brumley
3/22/2024

Well as most of you are well aware I was admitted to the hospital on 3/10 and the journey started off rough.  The first 3 days I was administered an infusion called ATG (Rabbit) that is intended to go in and destroy my T cells  (part of my white blood cells) to... [READ MORE]

Week of 3/4

by Lani Brumley
3/12/2024

This was an emotional week for me. It was my final week of work-ups and tests before starting my conditioning treatment in the hospital prior to my transplant. The first half of the week was spent getting blood transfusions and preparing for my Hickman line placement.  The thing I was dreading... [READ MORE]

Week of 2/19-2/26

by Lani Brumley
3/8/2024

The last 2 weeks have been mostly just check-ins with my transplant team and transfusions while awaiting my transplant. I also had pre-transplant appointments with the radiation team, oral medicine team, psychiatrist, pharmacist, nutritionist, and gynecologist.  The pharmacy and radiation appointments were daunting, and hearing all of the potential short and... [READ MORE]

Week of 2/12

by Lani Brumley
2/23/2024

This week was, in short, disappointing. I had my pre-transplant bone marrow biopsy on Tuesday—which went surprisingly well—so much smoother than my last one. Right after my procedure, I received a red blood cell and platelet transfusion to make sure my blood levels were at safe and stable levels and... [READ MORE]

Week of 2/5

by Lani Brumley
2/12/2024

This has been a very busy week with many appointments. When they told me my health was about to become a full time job they weren’t kidding!  I spent 4 days this week at Fred Hutch.  I started with my transplant team on Wednesday (2/7), which means I am now under their... [READ MORE]

Week of 1/29

by Lani Brumley
2/8/2024

This was an eventful week!  I had my first lab check on Monday and that went well. My levels were above threshold, so I didn’t need any transfusions that day. I returned on Wednesday to have labs rechecked and I received 2 platelet transfusions to prepare for my egg retrieval procedure... [READ MORE]