Kelptyn's journey is far from over. The next step is to stop giving Kelptyn the medicine that has helped his white blood cell counts improve since the transplant and see if he can continue to grow them all on his own. He has to remain on immunosuppressants until approximately "Day +180", in hopes he will not develop GVHD (Graft vs. Host Disease) if all goes well. Which means he can't go to public places for a long while, other than coming in to the hospital clinic multiple times a week. We still have quite a few more changes and observations to make so we won't be leaving the hospital anytime soon, but we have made one HUGE step in the right direction.
Thank you to everyone for your thoughts, prayers, and candle burning. We hope Kelptyn continues to get stronger and GROW from here on out. It would even be icing on his cake if we get to go home for his 1st birthday later this month, but heck we're just blessed to have him here with us.