Monday Update

So, I have learned more information about the transplant. A donor is being located for M in the event that her Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) goes into remission as a result of this chemo treatment. Today is her last day of treatment - it has now been 7 continuous days of chemo and 9 days since she was brought in. In a few days they will do another bone marrow test to check the level of AML in her marrow. If it has gone into remission she will be allowed to decide to go ahead with the transplant. In her case, since she was born in Europe she has a greater chance of finding a match because they can basically look all over the world. Guess it's OK to be an immigrant sometimes :) She's not particularly ecstatic about the thought of a transplant. She knows the repercussions and is quite concerned about the chances of it working as opposed to it hurting her. Basically, chemo and the hopeful remission is a band-aid for her AML and the transplant is a cure, but it is looking like a 20% chance of it working/or a 1 in 3 chance. More information about this can be found HERE. 

Hopefully when she comes down of the chemo she won't be as sick as they are anticipating. I certainly hope not. Only time will tell. 

My father was advised that he still cannot go see her, so he has not seen her in 9 days and is upset about that. His last round of chemo was Friday but he will have to wait 10-14 days to see her as he can be toxic to her. 

“I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.” 

― Robert Fulghum, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten