Day 50!! Hump Day!

Today I am halfway to Day 100.  That is a major milestone for transplant patients.  FYI - the other milestones are Days 30, 60, and 180.  You may have seen it on Facebook, but my very clever donor brother created this video for me.  It was a great way to start my day!  Thanks George and everyone else who helped by sending him video clips!!  You can check it out below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Cd9vdV7CMM&feature=player_embedded

Not too much to report.  Still doing pretty good.  No infections or viruses.  My nausea has been slightly better the last two days.  I have had a little cough that they think may be from some post nasal drip - could be allergies from George, blame it on the donor, lol. 

My other issue is that my red blood cells and hemoglobin will not stay up and I need blood transfusions about once a week or so.  I have O+ blood and George has B+ blood.  So they think there may be enough of my old immune system hanging around and it is killing off the B+ cells that my new "George marrow" is producing.  They are doing some special testing and I should find out more next week.  Eventually I should have B+ blood once they let George's system really take over (after immunosuppression).  For now, though, they are still giving me O+ blood with my transfusions.  Incidentally, I will also appear to be a male if they genetically test me by my blood.  A cheek swab, however, would show me to be female.  The doctor here said that this quirk of marrow transplants was used in a House episode and one of the CSI shows,too.

I have my next biopsy and re-staging (Day 60) on September 30th.  Although it can be nerve-wracking, it will be good to get an update as to how things are going.  Thanks for all the continued prayers and support.  We are getting there....a day at a time....