Today my dad spent the day at MD Anderson visiting with his transplant doctor and getting the routine blood work done. He saw the doctor this morning and the doc was impressed with my dad's blood work from Christmas Eve. He said that they had located a donor and that the donor was ready to go. He also said bone marrow transplant would occur "in a few weeks". This was news to my mom and myself especially since my mom was just told it would be summer time before he would have the transplant. I do know that my dad is still really weak; every day he is either vomiting or having diarrhea. I hope that he will be ready in few weeks though I am sure that the doctor would not put him in any danger if he didn't think that he was ready. I guess that the next few weeks will be critical for his healing. Please continue to pray for him to gain strength and begin to heal. After this appointment my mom and dad had to wait at the blood bank for my dad to get his blood work completed. Apparently it was filled with about fifty leukemia patients bundled up and in wheel chairs; coughing and feeling crappy. I am sure that it was unnerving to see for my parents.
I apologize for not posting as often as I know that I should but even though I was off of work for two weeks, the boys kept me really busy.
God bless all of you who read this and keep my parents in your thoughts and prayers. It means a lot to us.
Until later, I just know that 2009 is going to be a better year for us than 2008!!! My dad is going to be healed!!!
2 comments:
Glad to hear, prayers continue, Jim's beat it ounce, he can do it again/
We look forward to helping them move to Happy Valley.
Barbra @ Dan Whipple
Praying for all of you.
Tell your dad I said HI!!
:)
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