Day 138
Late yesterday, I got word that the first choice as a donor for John is"unavailable" until October. In the wisdom of those that broker life and death, that is all one needs to know, though the age of the donor and sex led to the gratuitous mention that he may be on military duty.
An acceptable match can be found for 80% of those like John. In his case, they have two more still "perfect" matches to seek out, and so, they are rushing a request on the availability of the 35 year old US male, who is the next choice. Somewhere in all this, I feel fortunate because he is lucky enough for yet another chance.
There is the chance of some delay from the switch of donors for any number of reasons, but particularly because Seattle requires that its donors be HLA typed in their own labs. If you are the best, you have that right. We have decided though to get John out there as planned.
It took three weeks to get an initial appointment for him and we can't let that happen again. If he needs an interim consolidation round of chemo due to any delay or recurrence, it needs to occur there, if only because he might be too ill to travel again for months. So, I leave to set things up Friday and John and Debbie follow on Monday.
Every time you flip a coin, the odds are the same, even if you have hit tails again and again. Fate has not let up on our family in some time. Those things are personal to others and not to be shared here. If you happen to be one affected, then I hope you know that, just as there is always room for more love, so too it is with sadness and its sharing. Bless you.
An acceptable match can be found for 80% of those like John. In his case, they have two more still "perfect" matches to seek out, and so, they are rushing a request on the availability of the 35 year old US male, who is the next choice. Somewhere in all this, I feel fortunate because he is lucky enough for yet another chance.
There is the chance of some delay from the switch of donors for any number of reasons, but particularly because Seattle requires that its donors be HLA typed in their own labs. If you are the best, you have that right. We have decided though to get John out there as planned.
It took three weeks to get an initial appointment for him and we can't let that happen again. If he needs an interim consolidation round of chemo due to any delay or recurrence, it needs to occur there, if only because he might be too ill to travel again for months. So, I leave to set things up Friday and John and Debbie follow on Monday.
Every time you flip a coin, the odds are the same, even if you have hit tails again and again. Fate has not let up on our family in some time. Those things are personal to others and not to be shared here. If you happen to be one affected, then I hope you know that, just as there is always room for more love, so too it is with sadness and its sharing. Bless you.
