11/20

We missed the one month anniversary of John's bone marrow transplant two days ago, November 18.  It is hard to believe that one month ago, John had finished radiation, T-cell infusion, chemo to kill the T-cells and was having a day of "rest" in preparation for the transplant.  Now, a month later, he is home and making steady progress.  The fevers seem to have abated (knock on wood) even though we are in the midst of cold and flu season.  Still tired and weak without much appetite or activity but we hope to report serious improvement in those areas a month from now.  John's dr has said the prep and transplant would knock a 20 year old down so it seems John is doing at least as well as can be expected. 

John hasn't been neutropenic since his original discharge but we did learn that most of his WBC count is neutrophils providing some very limited protection against bacterial infections but none against viral and fungal infections.

We had a wonderful weekend with Michael and Meredith and with John's brother, Bob, and sister-in-law, Sue.  We are looking forward to a wonderful holiday weekend with Seth, Rebecca, Annabel, Eliza, Zacchary and Sharon.  It will be a true Thanksgiving.  Now if we can just find a way to have company and keep John's recovery on track...

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!