The Plan is starting to come together

Hello everyone. We have started to get some dates down for the transplant. We met with Dr. Meehan yesterday and walked through some of it. It looks like it will be after Christmas!! Yeah! He seems to think that waiting one more week will not be critical. (he reserves the right to change his mind after he sees the PET scan). In the meantime Pam will have her "workups" done up here in Burlington. EKG, cardio-pulmonary funtion test, lung capacity test, etc. She will also have another PET scan to see what the cancer is doing. The hope is that it is continuing to recede from the Chemo she is recieving now. Her brother (Doug) will be harvested on the 17th of Dec. and they will freeze his cells and hold until they have prepped her for transplant. Right now it is looking like admittance will be on Dec. 31st (New Years Eve).
We are preparing for the long road ahead, but are happy to have a few weeks to partake in some holiday cheer.
Please remember how valuable each and every day with your family is during this hectic season, ignore all the small stuff that just doesn't matter!
Troy and Pam.