If you are following along, you know that Eric had a biopsy last Friday. Yesterday at his weekly check in, we received partial results and they are good! They cannot see any blast cells or any of the abnormal cells that are the marker for his MDS. Yay! Additionally, the report noted that his bone marrow is generally "happy." There was actually a big long medical phrase, but that was the doctor's translation. We are still waiting on the chimerism results, which is the DNA comparison between Eric and the donor to determine how much of his marrow is made up of donor cells. The doctor is hoping to have the results by Monday. Also on Monday, Eric will likely start another round of treatment, pending the chimerism results. However, the doctor is suggesting that for this round, we just do the 28 day oral chemo, and not the 7 day IV chemo, which will hopefully keep us out of hospital! As the doctor mentioned again yesterday, there really is no road map for this treatment, so he's making his best educated suggestions on the research that is available.
We also saw a dermatologist yesterday and got a sunscreen reminder, so I'm passing that along - the sun is out, wear your sunscreen to protect your skin! Eric is particularly sensitive to the sun because of some of the medication he takes, so today he grabbed sunscreen and a hat before going to school.
I am still fundraising for Balding for Dollars; the big chop is in only 23 days! Here is a link to my fundraising page: Jacqueline's Big Cut & Hair Donation Thank you to everyone who has donated already!
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