Mar 19

I had a bone marrow biopsy on Mar 12 to check for 2 things. One was to see if the leukemia had come back, and it hasn't! The other was to see if I indeed had the bone marrow disease called Myelodysplasia, and the results of this aren't in yet. I had some great news this morning! The doctor told me that my sister Carol and my brother Dan both match me for my bone marrow transplant! This makes the chance of rejection much smaller so there is a greater chance that I will be able to use their stem cells to replace my bone marrow cells. They are leaning toward using my brother's for several reasons, most of all because if the donor is a female and the recipient is a male there is a greater chance of rejection. When I heard the news my whole body felt so much relief I could hardly keep my emotions still for awhile. My sister Mary was actually disappointed when she heard that she didn't match and I found out that they were each hoping it would be them who matched me. Thank you Mary, Carol and Dan! I love you guys! Deb and I took off after my appointment last Monday and went to Phoenix to see the Angels play a spring training baseball game. It was hot that day and we had a great time! We then went to Laughlin and spent a few days there and we left some of our money there for them to hold for us! LOL! We got to visit my son's family in Las Vegas and had a lot of fun playing with our grandkids. We won't know much more until the end of this week and I'll let you all know more then.