Just a brief yet important note: the Chimerism test results came in yesterday and, once again, I am please to report 100% donor!
Today we got to partake in an awesome potluck (thank you, Alina and Dima) and the boys got a chance to be re-acquainted with the pool. Both were game to be in the water and jump in, tried to swim and had a grand time. Swimming classes it is.
Saturday, May 9, 2015
Sunday, May 3, 2015
OMSI last weekend
Last weekend we went to OMSI with the boys. A pretty awesome temporary exhibit is "Labyrinths." Here is Benjamin as Spider Man
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| Hanging out 4/15/2015 |
Saturday, May 2, 2015
Day +261
The most recent checkup went very well. Hemoglobin, platelet, and white blood cell counts are looking great. Of course, now we wait for the Chimerism results.
Zev has great energy and good appetite, even through for about two days during the week he had the runs pretty badly. Had us worried, but the docs said it did not look like GVH. We even collected a sample of the analysis which I ruined by not placing it in a fridge (double bagged, for those planning to eat out of our fridge ever again). By the time Alla got ready for sample number two (no pun intended) the diarrhea was over as suddenly as it arrived. Or to be more precise, it jumped over to Benjamin who has it today. Alla and I can't wait. And speaking of evacuating the bowels - last week the both of the boys managed to go potty in the toilet. First Alla got Zev to try and heaped praise on him when he succeeded (at that point she just had to get him to sit down at the right moment, not sure how much control Zev had of anything after). Benjamin listed for a while and, of course, had to get in on the racket. Each of the boys were rewarded with a toy. And to conclude the theme... last weekend following the Lego class all of us went to a coffee shop, as is our custom, for coffee, hot coco, and bagels. At some point when we were outside the store Zevi decided he would like to pee. So, he proceeded to pull down his pants and pull-up and made a puddle right in front of the cafe door. This was, as they say, a teachable moment on the merits of restrooms. To the credit of patrons and owners no one bat and eye, as if puddles of pee materialize on the sidewalk outside on daily basis. More importantly, we were still welcome at the cafe next weekend.
Zev has great energy and good appetite, even through for about two days during the week he had the runs pretty badly. Had us worried, but the docs said it did not look like GVH. We even collected a sample of the analysis which I ruined by not placing it in a fridge (double bagged, for those planning to eat out of our fridge ever again). By the time Alla got ready for sample number two (no pun intended) the diarrhea was over as suddenly as it arrived. Or to be more precise, it jumped over to Benjamin who has it today. Alla and I can't wait. And speaking of evacuating the bowels - last week the both of the boys managed to go potty in the toilet. First Alla got Zev to try and heaped praise on him when he succeeded (at that point she just had to get him to sit down at the right moment, not sure how much control Zev had of anything after). Benjamin listed for a while and, of course, had to get in on the racket. Each of the boys were rewarded with a toy. And to conclude the theme... last weekend following the Lego class all of us went to a coffee shop, as is our custom, for coffee, hot coco, and bagels. At some point when we were outside the store Zevi decided he would like to pee. So, he proceeded to pull down his pants and pull-up and made a puddle right in front of the cafe door. This was, as they say, a teachable moment on the merits of restrooms. To the credit of patrons and owners no one bat and eye, as if puddles of pee materialize on the sidewalk outside on daily basis. More importantly, we were still welcome at the cafe next weekend.
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