T-PLL update

Yesterday was Bill's 10th injection of Campath. Other than weakness in his legs and fatigue, he has been doing well with the treatment. Bill has also been experiencing trouble eating due to pain in his stomach. The Dr. is puzzled since all the tests came back negative. Bill has been driving himself to the infusion center for the injections. Next Tuesday Bill will start his second round of Cladribine IV drip. Since the 4th of July will be celebrated on Monday the treatment will start on Tuesday and run through Saturday. That will be the first use of his new power port.

Yesterday Bill also had a visit with Dr. Castro. 6 vials of blood were taken for tests. The Flow Cytometry test will also be performed on the blood taken at this visit to give the doctors a look at the progress of the treatment.

Thursday July 15 Bill and I will be going to Tampa for a 3 to 4 hour meeting with the Bone Marrow Transplant Team (BMT). This meeting will be an introduction to the process as well as an assessment to determine if Bill is a candidate. After this meeting the kits will go out to Bill's siblings to determine if any of them are a match to be his donor.

We have started to do research on bone marrow transplantation and in the near future will be posting some links to sites that explain the process.