Getting Close

To All:

Been a while since my last post and the reason is...........................well I just have to blame Ret! As you know by our recent posts that she's doing so well there's nothing to blog about, which isn't a bad thing now is it?

After her stellar performance during the stem cell capture procedure they said, meaning the SCAA/Hutch, that they didn't want to see us for a week. It was hard but I convinced her to load the truck and head east for the week to spend a little time R&R'ing at the river. There was some R&R but also quite a bit of work getting everything ready for the winter, given the fact that this year we won't be there for at least 3-4 months during her recovery.

With that a little news on the transplant front. We should be headed down to the Hutch the week of 10/12 for her final chemo treatment then 48hrs following that they'll reintroduce her stem cells and hopefully she's on the mend. The time following the reintroduction is the most critical and it's possible that she may be admitted to the hospital for varied reasons, which is quite normal following a transplant. That said some of the larger issues are infections, illnesses, inability to take in food or fluids so they monitor that quite closely, hence the hospital stay. I just told her keep performing as she has and there won't be any problems.....easy for me to say!

All for now.

Love,
Ret & Jack