Tuesday September 1st.....TRANSPLANT TOMORROW

Charmaine is ready for her transplant. It should be in the morning Wednesday September 2nd. The international flight bringing it in was supposed to have landed at 6pm today.

She has felt good the last 2 days with little side effects so far. Mostly fatigue from the meds they give her for nausea.

She has walked almost a mile the last two days. 21 laps around the floor is a mile.

The transplant itself is fairly non eventful. Just like getting a blood transfusion. The big stuff happens before and after. In the next two to three weeks we will know how her body is reacting to it.

Please pray that her graft verses host disease will be mild and that her body will not reject the new cells.

For the record, she is getting a stem cell transplant; not a bone marrow transplant. The end result is the same but the process is different.

We will keep you all posted as this unfolds.

Thanks for your continued care and prayers.

Should happen about 10am.

Sam

Charmaine and her favorite, Dr. Khoury