Amazing news!

My day started off talking to Caroline who works eith my doctor and administers my bone marrow biopsies. She gave me the run down on what I should expect with this roller coaster ride. After the chemotherapy ends on Friday I stay about 3 more weeks in the hospital as I'll be neutropenic. That means I'll have no immune system. After that I'll be discharged and sent home. But we're not home free yet. I then gotta hope that my brother is a ten out of ten bone marrow donor match. After the transplant (which it turns out to be more of a stem cell procedure - Luke you were right) I will then have chemotherapy again to redestroy my immune system and let my brothers help take hold of mine. That will be another month. One week of chemotherapy and three weeks of recovery. Finally we monitor to see whether my brothers marrow works with mine. That will be over a 4 - 6 month process (a bone marrow biopsy once a month). And there's still a chance I have leukemia when this is through in chronic form.

But now that I've tied you in on what I have to look forward to, I might as well tell you the amazing news. My brother is a PERFECT match. This is the best news I've heard since being admitted on thurs. I am going to get through and end up better than I've ever been before.

Thank you for all the support! I can't begin to show my gratitude for everything you have all done. Cancer picked the wrong man!