Never ones to be superstitious we gave no thought to going to the clinic on Friday the 13th to celebrate our 100th day post transplant. Little did we know! This was not the best day in our trek to recovery. Sharon has had some pain in her hips that has made walking difficult. On Monday they took x-rays and today did an MRI. The diagnosis Avascular Necrosis, a deterioration of the top of the Femur at the Hip Joint, brought on by taking Prednisone to stop the Graft vs Host disease. The eventual outcome will probably have to be hip replacement,but we will know more after an orthopedic consultation. That was not the end of the bad news for the day. They finally got the results of the Chromosome tests and they showed that there was one abnormal female cell among the cells tested. The concern here is relapse and so they have taken her off the immune suppressant drugs in hopes that the donor cells will attack and kill the abnormal ones. The problem with that is it increases the possibility of more GVH. Oh well, darned if you do, darned if you don't. Of course this not the news we hoped for and we were pretty devastated. But as we reflect on the faith and prayers that have brought us this far, we can only have the faith that the Lord will continue to work miracles in our lives. We will have another bone marrow in two weeks and we will then know more of where we're going.
Again we thank you for your faith and prayers and want you to know that we "CONTINUE TO WALK FORWARD IN FAITH."
The picture is the Pasadena Stake Center where Sharon attended church as a child and young woman. It was built by her father when he was Bishop of the East Pasadena Ward. The building held its last services as an LDS chapel two weeks ago. There are now no chapels in the city of Pasadena.
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Our prayers continue to be with you daily. One more hurdle to conquer in this seemingly endless race. We love you so much, thank you for continuing to fight for all of us.
I'm not loving this news either. I was really hoping she had just pulled a muscle. The chromosome news is not good either. Just when you think things are going good...
No rest for the weary! I love you both so much.
Sharon and Family,
Hang in there. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.
We are going to Reno where Annette's son Danny will take out his endownments and head to Pvo on the 2nd of July. He is going to Malaga ,Spain. We are proud of him. He has been going to school at BYU Hawaii. We'll check the blog in 8 days. We sened our love,
John, Pearl and Family
My wife and I happened to attend sacrament meeting in the Parkview Ward last Sunday. Cort and Shalaine gave great talks and we were intrigued by the powerful emotion there with them and Bishop Hendrickson and the whole ward for that matter. They mentioned the blog so we looked it up to see what was up. Good luck with everything--you sound like an oustanding family, and certaintly the Lord will continue to bless you. Keep the faith!
Love, some touched strangers
P.S. Cort--sorry about the Lakers..
Dear Sharon and Blaine,
I just read the update on Sharon's condition. I too was sad to know there are still hurdles to conquer.
Our prayers continue to be with each of you.
Robert's Kathy just had her 4th chemo. They thought she may just have 4 but have increased it to 6. She's doing as well as we can expect.
Ross is moving to Missouri and Neta to Colorado with family the first part of July. How quickly things change.
We'll miss you at the reunion in July.
May the Lord bless you, and I send my love, Aunt Mary
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