Good News from Ann Arbor

We are wrapping up this week's Ann Arbor visit today. Yesterday was a full day. Getting up at 5:30 to get ready and drive to U of M for 9:00 bloodwork to start Ron's appointments was a stretch for me! The last test ended after 5:00, and it was nearly 6:00 when we arrived at our Hamptom Inn room. I had made the reservation located next to Briarwood Mall, but I had no energy left for shopping, and it ended up that we didn't even go out for dinner.

BUT it was a great day. All of Ron's tests came back, and there was only good news. Top billing was no leukemia in the bone marrow biopsy!!! The CT scan of his head showed no new bleeding at the sites where he had hemotomas in August. That issue is still a total mystery to us because they felt the bleeding was due to a trauma in late July, but we were not aware of any fall or head-bumping. The bleeding was between the skull and brain in two areas without any visible bruising on his scalp. His eye test was stable as is his bloodwork this visit. He had also had a heart echo test, and he has a strong heart. (which I all ready knew...on several levels). What great news for us!

What's next? Ron will continue with out-patient PT rehabilitation in Coldwater twice a week, and his next AA check up is in 3 weeks. This will be the longest stretch of time between appointments with his BMT doc...ever. Day #400 since transplant is on the horizon. Ron started his "baby shots" yesterday. A bone marrow transplant wipes out immunity, so he had four 2 month old baby shots and also a pneumonia vaccine.

Thanks for your continued support and interest in Ron's journey. His body paid a high price to be leukemia-free, but he can continue to make progress physically, and now that he is able to have immunizations that should help protect him from infections.
Love, Ron & Jan