Day 34 - The Envelope Please...

We finally got the bone marrow results today when talking to our nurse. But... before I get to that....

Tyler had an ultrasound and his regular labs at SCCA today. They said his liver and other organs looked the same in the ultrasound as the last time they looked at it, so I guess he's doing okay as far as the GVHD goes. I'm not sure exactly why this test was scheduled, but assume it might have something to do with some out of the ordinary liver function tests. They are fiddling with Tyler's medication a bit to get him to be at just the right level for optimal healing.

His labs turned out pretty well today too.

WBC: 2.96 (normal 4.3-10.0)
HCT: 29% (normal 38-50)
PLT: 72 (normal 150-400)

His neutrophil count wasn't in yet when the left the clinic this morning, so I guess we'll have to wait for that. But the other numbers all seem to be holding pretty steady and that's a good sign.

And now... May I have the envelope please...?

In reviewing the bone marrow aspiration from last Wednesday, they determined that Tyler showed NO signs of disease reoccurence. He showed good signs of engraftment and the cells that they collected were 100% from the donor (Thank you, Scott!!). The nurse said that Tyler looks to be doing great for being Day 34.

You can catch us doing the Happy Dance all night long as we celebrate some great news. Thank you so much for the prayers and well-wishes that got us this far. We're so very thankful to have something go right in our battle!