Post #35
Another ride on the roller coaster - hold on for a small drop

In Bill's words "I got ripped off this week, no chemo treatment". The blood count is too low to continue treatment this week. The WBC is 1.0, which is the lowest we have seen since treatment started. The Dr. wants to give Bill's system a rest to bounce back on it's own, prior to starting up with both Campath and Cladribine on Monday, September 6th.

Tomorrow Bill will have a mid week blood test to see if the numbers are moving in the right direction.

Now that we have a donor, the next step is for Dr. Ayala, the transplant Dr., to review the slides from the most recent biopsy to see if we can get the show on the road. If he concurs, there is a chance that Bill will not need to have another biopsy done before the transplant.

Speaking of donor's, here is a picture of Bill's brother Ed

Last week when the infusion center team found out that Bill had two perfect matches they took the time to put up congratulation signs and they gave him a card and flowers. They were all so happy for Bill. Although we don't like the disease Bill has or the treatment he is going through, the people that he deals with at the infusion center care about him and treat him as a friend. In Bill's words "Besides my family and my friends, they are also my rock"