Kristine is enjoying her time at home with the kids and my mom is there helping her. My mom will soon have to leave temporarily and will return when Kristine goes in for her transplant. So when Dave is away at work, Kristine will need to have the kids go to daycare on the days that she is feeling weak and unable to care for the kids all by herself.
Another bone marrow biopsy will be taken this week. Hopefully Kristine is still in remission. If she relapses again, she will have to undergo more chemo. If she can stay in remission until UCLA is ready to perform her transplant, she will undergo 3 days of high dose chemo, one day of "rest" then they'll do the transplant the following day.
Kat, our sister who is Kristine's match, is still waiting to hear from UCLA to notify her they are ready to have her come down for additional testing that must be performed to make sure she is definitely an eligible donor for Kristine. After this is done, Kat will come home and wait again to hear from UCLA to let her know they are ready to begin her Neupogen injections which will occur about the same time Kristine undergoes the 3 days of high dose chemo. Kat will have daily injections for approximately 4 days, then they will do the blood draw for the stem cells which will be transplanted to Kristine.
No other news at this time. So far, Kristine is feeling great and has a healthy immune system. We still want her to be very cautious as we don't want to "test" her immune system with any type of infection. Please continue to include Kristine and her family in your daily prayers.
Oh, by the way, the medical bills are starting to roll in... YIKES!!... you wouldn't believe how much the total charge was for those first 28 days!!! Anyone interested in making a donation for the Leukemia Awareness wristbands, please contact Hayato Yuuki at 714-924-5268. We have plenty to "sell" to help raise more much needed funds.
Thank you!!
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