Saturday....May 30th....

Our Dr. visit went well yesterday. All of her #'s looked good. Her white count was near 3000 which is near normal range. This will allow her to see people more freely without threat of infection.

She did not have to have any transfusions.

The Dr. did give us a change in plans which has happened before.

We check in Wednesday for the 4th round of chemo which will be 2B regiment. The B regiment is shorter and not quite as severe as A. Will probable be there till Saturday or Sunday.

He decided not to do the bone marrow biopsy next week. Instead he is doing a PCR test to check the cancer cells. This test is done with blood samples which they took yesterday. It is very accurate but not nearly as accurate as the marrow biopsy.

He said he thought she was ready for the marrow transplant now. They have started the search for the best donor. The results from the PCR tests will confirm his belief. They will do a marrow biopsy later to absolutely confirm her cell count before going forward with transplant.

Until then we will continue with the chemo regiments as scheduled.

Preparing for the transplant will take lots of time. She will have some strong chemo treatments and will have a week of full body radiation.

The Dr. took her off some of the meds shes taking for a few days and gave her an antibiotic for intestinal bacteria to help curb the diarrhea. It has stopped now. Yesterday afternoon she felt better than she has since all this started. Near normal physically and mentally.

Looking forward to 4 days at home feeling good.

Please pray that God would set aside the perfect donor that's best for her and guide the DRs. to them. They said a young healthy male is the best donor.

Thanks to so many of you for the cards, calls, and for caring about her. Thanks to many for taking the time to read this post because you care.


Sam