{"id":1011,"date":"2012-12-18T12:32:58","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T19:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jacobhickford.com\/?p=1011"},"modified":"2012-12-18T17:17:44","modified_gmt":"2012-12-19T00:17:44","slug":"tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jacobhickford.com\/?p=1011","title":{"rendered":"Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looks like tomorrow is “the day”.\u00a0Jake will go into surgery\u00a0first thing in the morning to place the catheter for his Stem Cell Harvest and as soon as he is out of recovery, they will hook him up to the machines and begin.\u00a0 They’ve been tracking his counts, looking for special cells called CD34\u00a0cells.\u00a0 These are the cells they will “harvest” so they can put them back into his body in a couple of months in order to rebuild his immune system for the transplant process.\u00a0 He’s been slow to build these cells and they’ve been tracking them for the past week so they can\u00a0catch them when they hit a certain level as there is a very small window that the cells hit their highest level, then they begin to drop.\u00a0 They feel that Wednesday and Thursday will be “the window” for his best shot to capture as many of these cells as they can – they need millions.\u00a0He’s ready to go.\u00a0 His port is already accessed\u00a0– it consists of a a 3\/4″ needle in his chest and 6″ tube hanging and taped carefully.\u00a0 Our prayer is that everything goes smoothly, that there are no complications, that they can get as many cells as possible in the shortest amount of time.\u00a0 If they could get them all in one day – that would be our prayer. Most kids take two days, some longer.\u00a0 They will hook him up until they get what they need.\u00a0 They try to get enough for the first Stem Cell Transplant, plus extra for a future transplant procedure, just in case.\u00a0 Unfortunately the relapse rate for Jake’s cancer is high and this is a precaution that they take… sadly, many more children than I’d like to say\u00a0relapse.\u00a0This reminds me…\u00a0If you haven’t been on here in a couple of days, I ask you to scroll down and read Truth 365, then, share it… please.\u00a0 It makes me think of something else… the fact we’ve been prepping Jake for this harvest has meant daily \"\"<\/a>injections, as you know.\u00a0In fact, because\u00a0his cells haven’t mobilized in the amount\u00a0of time they expected, we’ve had to fill extra days of his injection prescriptions\u00a0(the shots continue\u00a0until the harvest is complete). \u00a0I want to give you some information, not to make you feel uncomfortable or sorry for our situation but to bring more awareness… the shots we give him come in teeny, tiny vials, you can see in the photo.\u00a0 Yesterday,\u00a0we had to fill 4 extra vials\u00a0to the tune of an additional $1906 on top of\u00a0the nine\u00a0vials he’s already gone through this past week and a half.\u00a0\u00a0Do you see the itty, bitty vial\u00a0in the picture?\u00a0 They are tiny, 1ml\u00a0vials BUT we only give him .5ml –\u00a0then we must throw\u00a0the rest out… wasted.\u00a0 What in the world can be in a vial so small to cost that much money?!!!\u00a0(In dollars,\u00a0that’s almost $500 per\u00a0vial!) \u00a0It’s infuriating and it’s wrong!\u00a0Things MUST change!\u00a0 The photo\u00a0captures how\u00a0our mornings start…\u00a0our prep area for his\u00a0shot… and in the background you can see the pharmacy of Jake’s meds.\u00a0 It’s crazy!\u00a0 Again, I tell you this for awareness, so that you might\u00a0fight for these children, for these families who must find ways to make sure their children have what they need\u00a0to battle their disease.\u00a0 Do you think that if childhood cancer research had more than 4% to work with, there might be better or less expensive drugs for these families? \u00a0I do.\u00a0\u00a0Please, please,\u00a0visit \u00a0www.thetruth365.com<\/a> to see how easy it is to help.\u00a0 I will try not to harp in every post, I just want everyone to know that there is hope, we just have to “DO”……….\u00a0for\u00a0scripture says we are one body in Christ, we all have different parts, different jobs, but we work together to glorify God.<\/p>\n

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On a lighter note… the Daughters of the King visited our home last night to Christmas carol.\u00a0 What a treat!\u00a0 They were beautiful and joyful and what a gift it was to have them sing for us and then bless us with a special prayer.\u00a0 I had to hug each of them… they were just precious young ladies.\u00a0 We have been blessed by so many generous offerings of time and love, friends that want to show their\u00a0support for our family… we are so thankful!\u00a0 These are moments and memories that give us hope and courage each time we walk into TCH for a new procedure or appointment.\u00a0 THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!\u00a0 I wish I could give every one of you a big, big hug.\u00a0\u00a0Please know that we praise God each night for you and all of the help and comfort you bring to our family… we love you and send our deepest, most heartfelt appreciation for your prayers… we feel you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Looks like tomorrow is “the day”.\u00a0Jake will go into surgery\u00a0first thing in the morning to place the catheter for his Stem Cell Harvest and as soon as he is out of recovery, they will hook him up to the machines and begin.\u00a0 They’ve been tracking his counts, looking for special cells called CD34\u00a0cells.\u00a0 These are … <\/p>\n

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