March 2011
3 posts
TODAY IS THE DAY WE WAITED FOR, MIKE’S DOCTOR CALLED ME AND SAID HIS BONE MARROW BIOPSY DONE LAST WEEK CAME BACK 100% CANCER FREE AND 100% DONOR. WE FEEL VERY RELIEVED. MIKE STILL HAS TO DEAL WITH THE GVH IN HIS EYES, LIVER AND GUT, BUT WE WILL TAKE IT AND DEAL WITH IT EACH DAY JUST ALONG AS HE IS CANCER FREE! THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR PRAYERS, THEY ARE TRULY WORKING
WE WENT TO THE DOCTOR TODAY FOR A CHECK UP AND MIKE GOT A BONE MARROW BIOPSI, WE SHOULD GET RESULTS SOMETIME THIS WEEK .AS MIKE GOT BLOOD LEVELS DRAWN, IT SHOWED THAT HIS LIVER ENZYMES ARE ELEVATED , HIS EYES ARE STILL RED AND DISCHARGE IS STILL COMING OUT, AND HIS APPETITE IS NOT THAT GOOD, DR BARKER TOLD US THAT ALL OF THESE SYMPTOMS ALONG WITH THE BLOOD TEST SHOW HE HAS GVHD, GRAFT VERSE HOST...
MIKE HAD HIS APPOINTMENT WITH THE EYE DOCTOR ON THURSDAY AND THE DOCTOR SAID THE CORONER IS GOOD , THANK GOD, BUT HIS EYE IS PRODUCING EXTRA PROTEINS AND NOT ENOUGH TEARS. THIS IS CAUSE BY THE RADIATION AND THE HIGH DOSE CHEMOS. HE WAS GIVEN EYE DROPS TO TAKE IN THE MORNING AND AT BEDTIME, THIS SHOULD KEEP THE EYE FROM DRYING OUT . HE HAS TO PUT WARM COMPRESSES ON HIS EYES AND THIS IS MAKING HIM...
