Connor's B-Day Celebration!

Graft-Versus-Host Disease

On Wednesday Lynn told me that Mom has graft-versus-host disease (chronic form), they are treating it with multiple medications.

Graft-versus-host disease is a fairly common complication of bone marrow transplants where the immune cells in the transplanted marrow recognize the recipient as "foreign" and mount an immunologic attack on tissue and organs. Because it didn't manifest itself until now, it should be easier to treat than if she got it the first 100 days after the transplant. We still don't know how it will impact her health long-term.

The medications are helping. I did talk to her tonight and she did seem to be doing okay. She said that she didn't feel well, but was feeling better then she did a few days ago.

I just keep wondering what will be next, she really needs to catch a break. Poor Mom.

Please continue to keep her in your prayers. Thanks for all you support.

Wow how Things Have Changed.

I was looking back at some old post of pictures of my sweet Mom. She has gone through so much in the past 15 months and every day she amazes me with how strong and faithful she is.

This past two times have been kind of hard to see Mom and the drastic changes that she has gone through, but I love her so much and even though she looks a lot different she is still as beautiful as ever.

I love you Mom with all my heart.

Little Update on Mom

So mom is still in the hospital. She was scheduled to go back to the rehabilitation center today until an orthopedic doctor came in to look at her knee that she has been having trouble with. He took a sample of some fluid and it came back positive for a bacteria. He scheduled surgery to in his words, "wash it out" and then clean up some arthritis.



This is now the third surgery in the past seven months. January was her bone marrow transplant, in May she had back surgery and now knee surgery. Hopefully all will go well and she will be able to get to the rehabilitation center and get back to therapy so she can get home sooner the later.



Please pray for her and if at all possible visit her, she would love to have company.