When last I wrote, we were waiting for the results of the tests to see how successful the transplant was for us. Since then I was called to St. George last week to have another Bone Marrow Biopsy - that means drill a hole in my hip again, this was the 4th one I've had in the last 14 months. The reason for the Biopsy was to tip the scales one way or the other since the first set of tests resulted in some good numbers and some other numbers that weren't bad, but not as good as the doctor's would like.
Last Thursday I got a call from Cindy from LDS Hospital with the news that Dr. Peterson reviewed everything and suggests that we have the second transplant this summer because although the results of the Biopsy were good, the overall results needed to be very good to acheive a good remission and go directly to maintenance and not have the second transplant right now. I have to admit, I was a little depressed and told Cindy that I'd need to come home and talk with Patty and that I would call her today with our decision.
We went to Parowan over the weekend and spent the weekend with Bruce and Cara. We went on a great ATV ride Saturday before the storms came in and found some beautiful rock formations in the north hills of Parowan Valley. Josh was still up for his quarter break and came with us, we all (including Addie) had a very good time and were able to see mom and dad also. They are in the middle of the spring runoff and all the streams were flowing above their normal amounts. In fact, there is actually water in the Little Salt Lake which has been dry for quite some time now.
So, I called Cindy back today as I said I would, we talked and tentatively made plans for me to get my pre-admittance tests and procedures done at Dixie Medical Center at the end of next week, probably June 9th or 10th and then probably end up in Salt Lake around June 16th to be admitted on Friday June 17th if we can get insurance OK. If things work out, we should be in Salt Lake for 5-6 weeks and then be able to come home. This will hopefully give us the good remission that we are looking for.
After going through it the first time, I can't say that I'm looking forward to a second transplant at this time. I'm really starting to feel pretty normal and was looking forward to building my strength and stamina this summer, but I need to get to the remission stage so we'll put up with the inconvenience again to get there. We appreciate your support, your thoughts and all your prayers and we will get through this bump in the road. I'll write again as soon as the details are firmed up and until then, I hope everyone has a great summer.
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