Things have been a little manic the past few days. My eldest son has been treated and flattened so he can have the transplant. The Donor was a 34 year old female from the UK. All I know is the code they gave but whoever you may be thank you for the donation!
The picture is of the card he got when they did the transplant from Antony Nolan Trust.
To say that he is at the very least tired is an understatement but they are very happy with how it is progressing.
He will be in the hospital for at least another 4 weeks providing he does not pick up any bug on the way?
Before the transplant he was treated at his local hospital but the main treatment he was in our local hospital. This is where it shows how some hospitals think about their patrons. My sons hospital do weekly parking tickets to help costs. My hospital where he had a large amount of treatment does nothing but charge hourly rates, no concessions and issue as many tickets as it can if you break their many rules. They have a Disability area for blue badge holders. But at least 20% has non Badge holders in there. But this is where it gets my goat. They give 15 minutes free parking but they let more cars in than spaces so it is not uncommon to drive around for 20 minutes or more looking for a space? This car park was so full one day I went to another part to wait for 25 minutes for my car to get to the barrier to let me in. Once I got in, there was 15 parking spaces I could see from my car, vacant! Now is it any wonder that people will park in areas to get to their appointments on time, then to get a ticket which they expect £60.00 for?
The transplant hospital do weekly, monthly tickets plus a 20 visit ticket fo £10.00. But as I am on ESA Support as long as I show them my forms I get free parking. This is a great help as this hospital is a daily 48 mile round trip for us, so fuel costs are draining the budget loads.
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Do hope all goes well for your son, will be thinking of him and saying a few prayers that he comes through it all ok, keeps us updated on his progress.
Very, very good wishes to your son, Offcut. Everything crossed that his 2nd birthday is the best one he's ever had! And wonderful present given by his donor.
Well done, even more so at such a stressful time for you and your family.
Good luck to your son Offcut. I hope the transplant goes well and he is feeling a lot better soon.
The car park here at my local hospital charges a fortune. There are a lot of car parks but you always end up parking in one quite a way from the hospital. It's very hilly too and not easy if you are not well.
When my sister was taking my mum to the hospitl in her car I had to go too to look after her while my sister went trawling for a parking space. x
Hi offcut, sooo glad things are going in the right direction for ur son, will keep my fingers crossed.
My daughter Sharnie (16 ) was told on Monday its bone marrow transplant for her to now , her brother ( 20 ) and youngest sister ( 15 ) are now having to go for blood tests to see if their a match. Bloomin heart wrenching ain't it.
As for parking costs it's disgusting, I had to run in the hospital to pick up some of sharnies chemo tablets last week, they told me they were ready for collection but I had to wait 30 mins, I'd parked in the 20 min bay thinking I would be straight out but I got a £70 ticket on my car even though I had my blue badge showing, well they can bugger off I'm not paying it, it's costing me a fortune in fuel and parking costs for us lot to keep going hospital, I don't mind as a rule but I Ain't paying £70 for ten minutes over when I was picking up a life saving drug,
Anyway well wishes to u, ur son and the rest of the family xx Sonia xx
Remember it is not a fine but an invoice if it is on private land based on contract law. They can only legally get money off you if they take you to court and win. Best to speak to the hospital first to see if they will get it cancelled. Do not get in touch with the parking company.
Fantastic news Offcut - he's had such an arduous journey already (as have you all). Hope everything goes smoothly now - please keep us updated. All very best wishes.
Good morning Offcut. What a stressful time you are all having,made even worse by the parking problems. Do hope your son stays well enough to have the op and things will soon be on the up and up. Look after yourself also,stress is so very bad for you. Very best wishes to you and your family, Bulpit
That's good news Offcut, and I am sure we all appreciate your up date, best wishes to your son for a speedy recovery. May I ask how you are coping through this crises, well I hope. ? will join you in giving thanks to the donor's family for making this possible for your family. Stay well xx
Hi offcut good to see you hope all goes well for him it sounds like he's in a good hospital. Know what you mean about the parking our hospital was free parking then they brought in this car park company part owned by the leader of the council its just gone up again bloody stinks if you ask me.
My Young niece gave a bone marrow donation a few weeks ago. We know it went to a woman suffering from cancer but no more. I think you can find out the name of your di ar after a year. My nieces other Aunt (on her Mum's side) has also donated bone marrow Andre German lady she donated her bone marrow to now sends her a card on the anniversary of the operation to say thank you for the donation. Hope everything continues to go well.
Parking at hospitals is a pain. We are lucky in Wales that parking is free. My sister-in-law was in hospital for a long time a few years ago and about a week before she finally came out we found out that the hospital did special prices and/or free parking for people there long term. Still we had free parking for that last week.
I was on the Anthony Nolan donor list when it first came on the scene. Wrong age now plus with all my drugs and problems I do not think it would help anyone now
Our family thoughts are with your son and all of you. I'm so glad the transplant went well, now you all have the waiting bit as he regains his strength and will be able to come home. Just think it will be springtime and a time of rebirth, so we hope that all of you can celebrate and enjoy the rebirth of your sons health and happiness.
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