This morning mom and I piled into the car at 8:00 Am to continue our City of Hope Odyssey. We arrived at 10:15 and began in the Blood Lab, followed by and echocardiogram, followed by a pulmonary function test, an appointment with Dr. Stein and then ending our day with a stress test. The good news of all of this is that mom is remarkably fit and able to undergo bone marrow transplant.
The visit with Dr. Stein was a bit less encouraging. We still have a blast of 10% in her bone marrow and so will be doing an additional round of Chemo in the desert to see if we can get below 5%. Either way we are still in line for a transplant and they are awaiting mom's HLH results as well as blood from Aunt Joyce for testing. We will then know whether we have a match or are going to the registry. Our next appointment is Feb. 11th at City of Hope. On the good side, White blood count up to 2.3 and platelets at 104.
We are happy to still be in the fight!!
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Blast those damn BLASTS! Not quite all I was hoping for, but I'm excited about the other positive news. Maybe more of a village of hope this time. When do they plan on having her do her next round of chemo?
When you said we are waiting for Joyce's results, does that mean that Dale and Dick weren't matches?
Thanks for the update. I'm so glad that Mom is fit (one more reason to take care of ourselves in the now, preparing for the unforeseen) and eligible for a transplant. I'm sorry to hear that she will have to endure another round of chemo to get there.
FIGHT ON!
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