Team Nick - January 2009

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Team Nick Cupcake Fundraiser

As many of you know my neice, Krysti Maxwell, owns a cupcake business. I can tell you that these are the best, most beautiful cupcakes in the area. She is doing a fundraiser this week for Team Nick to help cover medical and travel expenses. The flavor of the week is Nick's favorite...banana cream cheese. Please check out ...more

Posted: 1/26/2009 10:15:59 AM by Sandy | with 222 comments

Day 3 Update

It's now 9PM and we finally made it home. We are all tired and looking forward to a good nights sleep at home.

Nick did extremely well with all the tests. He was poked and prodded more than any kid should have to endure. As I mentioned in the post during Day 1, he is a tough kid and does not complain. All of his ...more

Posted: 1/23/2009 9:17:49 PM by Dan | with 216 comments

Day 2 Update

Another long day of testing down...one more to go. Nick's day started at 6:30 this morning with a bone marrow aspirate and biopsy. Here in Cinci they knock you out for the procedure so it was completely pain free. He woke up telling the nurse he was going to play basketball, typical Nick always thinking about sports. LOL
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Posted: 1/22/2009 9:20:16 PM by Sandy | with 1 comments

Day 1 Update

We arrived in Cincy last night around 7:30PM. The testing began this morning at 8:00AM. We left the hospital at 3:45PM. Needless to say, we are all tired and looking forward to a good nights sleep.

The testing went well. They drew 19 tubes of blood for his last test of the day. Tomorrow morning we need to be at t...more

Posted: 1/21/2009 8:24:18 PM by Dan | with 205 comments

Preparing for Cinci

Hi Everyone!
We will be heading for Cinci this week for pre-transplant tesing. Nick will have 3 full days of testing where they basically check every major organ in his body to make sure that he is healthy enough to go to transplant. They will also be doing another bone marrow aspiration and sample.
Nick...more

Posted: 1/19/2009 8:46:58 AM by Sandy | with 1 comments

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