Todd is doing well, sadley another famly member is ill....
update from March 10, 2008
Hello - we just wanted to update everyone on the test results from Seattle. We received wonderful news from Seattle. Todd's cells are now 100% donor cells. We are so relieved and thankful. The doctor's were a little concerned because when we left Seattle he was around 78% donor cells and at the one year mark he had dropped down to around 64% donor cells. So this is great news! He is continuing to decrease a few of the other medicines and still feeling great. He still sees Dr. Mannion every three weeks to check in and check on his counts. The plan now is to continue the slow taper of the medication and pray that the graft vs. host disease stays under control. We are heading back to Seattle sometime this summer for a two year checkup.
Please keep my second cousin John and his family in your prayers. John was diagnosed with AML (Acute Myeloid Leukemia) in October of 2006, he was in remission after his first round of chemo and just recently relapsed. He will be under going a bone marrow transplant within the next few months. Luckily his brother Dylan is a match. Please keep my cousin Lynn, her husband Donnie, and their kids, Katie, Dylan and John all in our prayers. John also has a caring bridge site:
www.caringbridge.org/visit/johnpfost
Thanks for all of your love, prayers and support.
Love to all!