Six Word Story Sunday - The Worst is Over

Jenny's

Counts

Are 

Going 

Up

Now!!!!!

The Stem Cell Transplant in a very simple NutShell

You might remember that in January.

Jenny and I were at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, so that her stem cells could be collected for a future

stem cell transplant.

That was then.

This is now.

On Thursday of this week,

Jenny had her stem cells returned to her body.

This is how it went.

With the chemo having been given on Tuesday

and a Day of rest on Wednesday,

Thursday morning, the nurse brought in the first of 4 packages that contained Jenny's stem cells.

This was package #1.

The stem cells were then hooked up to the IV Pole.

The nurse did this.

Jenny's identity was checked against the name and numbers on the bar code of the bag of cells.

The nurse then hooked the line up to Jenny's port,

and 

the stem cells were then infused back into Jenny's body.

All four bags of cells were returned to her.

Now,

we wait.

So it Begins and Woolly Balls

I am writing this yesterday,

so,

as you read this,

Jenny's stem cell transplant has begun.

Here's what I know will happen:

Jenny will have a port installed today,

and

she will be given a high dose of chemotherapy.

What else will happen,

I don't know

but Wednesday will be a day of rest for her.

On Thursday,

her own stem cells will be reinjected into her body.

After that,

we wait.

More later.

Now, on to the real topic of this blog:

 

WOOLLY BALLS

Now, get your minds out of the gutter.

Here's what I mean when I say

WOOLLY BALLS!

(I'm giggling like when I was in high school.)

I'm sure you've seen them.

They are balls of wool that you felt and throw in the drier to speed up drying and the softening of your clothes.

I found several free tutorials online describing how to make them.

All of them are great, and best of all, they are free!

Here's how they look before you felt them the first time.

 

At this point, they are just wound balls of wool yarn.

After you wind them, you put them in old panty hose, tie a knot between each one,

then toss them in the washer with a HOT wash and a COLD rinse.

That's the first step in the felting process.

Then, still in the panty hose,

you toss the 

woolly balls

in the drier until they are dried.

You carefully cut the woolly balls out of the panty hose, and toss them back in the drier.

Sellers claim that these 

woolly balls

cut drying time anywhere from 20 -50%.

I don't know because I haven't tried them yet,

but once I do, I'll let you know.

That's what the woolly balls look like when they are finished and felted.

THE END!

Off Again and On Again!

It's time.

The date and time for Jenny's stem cell transplant has been set.

The process will begin on 

May 31st.

Please keep us all in your thoughts and prayers.

Thanks!

How Do You Do? Meet Chester.

Jenny and I met Chester as a part of the education process for port maintenance.

When Jenny has her stem cell transplant,

she will have a port installed in her chest so that her veins will not be destroyed in the process.

Chester is a teaching tool used by the transplant team to educate.

Using Chester as a model,

Jenny learned to maintain and clean the  port she will have installed.

With such a nice physique,

I am truly disappointed that Chester was only a mannequin.

Sigh!