Hello Friends & Family,
I hate having to share this news but I did think a blog was an easier way to share relevant information with all of our loved ones at once.
On October 20, Eric had a routine bone marrow biopsy and on October 25 his doctor called us to let us know they had found abnormal cells. These are the same dysplastic cells that Eric had the first time around and they tell us the MDS is back.
He will have surgery this week (probably Wednesday) to have a port inserted and then will start a 7 day course of Azacitidine (5 Aza). The idea is that the 5 Aza will stimulate his donor cells to get busy getting rid of the bad cells. He has chosen to be inpatient for this. He had the choice to be outpatient but doesn’t want to deal with the drive. Since he is still quite well, I’m hoping we’ll get to have lots of adventures around Vancouver to keep us entertained that week.
In the meantime, we’re trying to maintain some sense of normal around here. Eric will go to school Monday and Tuesday and he is absolutely over the moon excited for Halloween on Tuesday. After Eric complained that, first, I hadn’t taken our Halloween decorations out, and second, our decorations suck anyhow, thanks to some very special friends and neighbours, our house is now decorated to hell and back again.
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