post # 38 - T minus 19 days to Transplant

Last week Bill had his appointment with the transplant doctor to review his entire vital organ testing results. His PFT results were above the predictive value, The PET/CT was negative, the MUGA Scan was perfect, the Chest X-ray was normal, the CT of the sinus was normal, the spleen had a minimal enlargement, The bone marrow biopsy was normal - no variance of T-cell prolymphocytic Leukemia, no T-cell receptor gene rearrangement., Kidney is normal. In short the doctor finished the appointment by saying “Bill is physically, mentally and disease wise in the best shape he could be in for a bone marrow transplant”. That was the best news we could ever hope for.

We have one more trip to make before the transplant. On October 28th, Ed will be at Moffitt getting his testing completed and meeting with the transplant doctor. During the same time Bill, Margy and I will be attending the transplant caregivers class which is two to four hours in length. Bill will also have his final examination with the PA
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As we get closer to the transplant date my updates will be more frequent. Thank you for following the blog up to this point. Please continue to follow as we embark and the next phase of the journey.