Due to the
aggressive nature of AML (acute myeloid leukemia) with FLT-3 mutation,
remission of the cancer through chemotherapy will be followed by a bone marrow transplant.
(See the April 16 post for details of a bone marrow transplant.)
All five of
David’s siblings have given cheek swabs which are being analyzed for HLA (human
leukocyte antigen) compatibility. To quote David’s email of 29 April:
Results are in and Sam is a perfect match as
a bone marrow donor. Results for other siblings are still pending, except for
Reutron (R’el) who definitely is not
a match. R'el, do you want me to help you start a vicious rumor that you were
adopted?
David had
his fourth bone marrow biopsy on Tuesday, 29 April. If the leukemia is not in
remission, he will have another round of chemo. If remission is achieved, a
bone marrow transplant may happen in about 6 weeks.
Jim will
visit David this weekend. He’ll ride Megabus through Friday night, and arrive
at Wrenmimic Saturday morning and make the return trip Sunday night.
On a happy
note, our niece, Carla, had a lovely wedding in the Salt Lake Temple. Jeff and
Nelly, the proud parents, were, as always, wonderful hosts to us for our
week-long vacation. Besides the wedding festivities, we spent a day in Provo
with Sam, including viewing the Sacred
Gifts exhibition of Danish and German religious paintings at the Brigham
Young University Museum of Art. Tuesday morning we lazed away the morning,
completing a jigsaw puzzle, which had 2 missing pieces, and generally just
relaxing.
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So glad Sam is a perfect match! I am still figuring out my next Maryland family visit and will keep in touch on that. I'll find out from Jim how megabus was. Have to visit my 101 year old Dad as often as I can reasonably [as in with health and sanity] do. And David I hope can be a visited too! Just have to stay healthy, right? thank you for this update.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your updates and that's good news about Sam. :)
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