Transplant 25th September 2002

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=17.5% BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="1b0d4580dduajq.gif"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="95" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="91"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <B>Transplant 25th September 2002</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Graduation pics"><U>Graduation pics</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fun family pics"><U>Fun family pics</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Arial" ><B>               PAT'S AUSSIE ANTICS</B></FONT>     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" PATS AUSSIE ANTICS"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >back to</FONT>  <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photo Album"><U><B>Photo Album</B></U></A></div> <div> Transplant 25th September 2002</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="235d4060.jpg" border=0 width="212" height="262" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Meet Marisa, my primary nurse.  Isn't she lovely?  </B></div> <div> <B>She had just returned from Sydney with my donor's stem cells and came in to see </B></div> <div> <B>me - she even brought her husband in!  This takes primary nursing one step further </B></div> <div> <B>by actually being involved in the collection and transportation of donor cells!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="237130a0.jpg" border=0 width="275" height="266" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>While I was being hooked up by Rachel, another of my wonderful nurses, we were all  listening intently to Marisa tell us about how she brought the cells back safely.  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="261d0b90.jpg" border=0 width="464" height="185" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>And there they are!!  A lot of fuss for something so small.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="25628f80.jpg" border=0 width="296" height="248" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Chris and I have a cuddle during the transplant.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="258fdf40.jpg" border=0 width="253" height="244" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Dad and I have a cuddle too!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="25a0aef0.jpg" border=0 width="266" height="239" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Danielle and I during the transplant.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="25c0cf20.jpg" border=0 width="268" height="242" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Lauren and I during transplant - we had a busy night in room 5!!!</B></div> <div> <B>(Don't know if you can read my t-shirt, but I bought a special one because I was getting male donor cells.  It read "Warning This body contains Adult Themes Nudity Strong Language!!  Well..... :~P )</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="25e1ee00.jpg" border=0 width="286" height="224" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Mum and me.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2600ded0.jpg" border=0 width="269" height="237" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>We made Rachel take a break and have her photo taken during the transplant too!  After all, she was the one responsible for it happening!  She sat with me the whole time to make sure everything went smoothly.  It did!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="265d4200.jpg" border=0 width="468" height="288" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>The wall I looked at from my bed!  Isn't it colourful!?!</B></div> <div> <B>Thank you to everyone who sent cards to me during my hospital stay.</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id19_m.htm" TITLE="Transplant 25th September 2002"><U>Back to top</U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>