December 8, 2017
We're off to Stanford to begin the process of Paul's transplant on December 12. Today, he'll be hospitalized overnight after getting a strong chemo (BCNU) that will almost wipe out most of his fast-growing cells. They’ll keep Paul overnight In order to watch for any signs of cardiac or pulmonary problems. Then begins our long stay . . .
November 25, 2017
This past Tuesday, Paul completed his stem cell harvesting at Stanford. He was hooked up to an apharesis machine that collected his stem cells for most of the day. The machine looks a little like a cyborg dishwasher, and the harvesting was very successful. Stanford sent Paul home after only one day. It often takes 2-4 days, and we were . . .
November 12, 2017
We’re back home after an exhausting 5 day stay at Stanford. Paul had numerous treatments and procedures, so today’s blog might be more detailed than most of you care to read about.
At Stanford, we had to learn the locations of all the different places we needed to go – the Cancer Center, the main hospital, the infusion center – even . . .
October 30, 2017
We feel like we’re on the launch pad to Paul’s bone marrow transplant. But, we’re not exactly sure where this rocket ship will land.
On October 26, we began the process of restricting our activities and interactions. No person-to-person contact for the next few months. For Paul, there will be additional restrictions soon: no eating . . .
October 14, 2017
With our travels behind us, we’re now preparing for Paul’s transplant at Stanford. It’s a good thing we took advantage of the window of opportunity to travel over the past couple months, since we won’t be allowed to do any traveling -- or even any socializing -- for several months. Paul’s transplant at Stanford is scheduled for December 12. . . .
September 30, 2018
We’ve been on a fairly whirl-wind travel adventure over the past few months. First to Alaska, then to Australia and Singapore, then to Wisconsin, and now on to New Mexico. We did this in anticipation of Paul’s impending transplant and Tim’s return to chemo. We figured we wouldn’t be able to travel once all this started, and we were right. As . . .
September 15, 2017
We've been pretty anxious for the last couple days waiting to hear the results of our recent procedures. Finally late yesterday, Tim's oncologist called. Tim's test results showed no tumor progression since February. There is a small area of concern that they think is inflammation and scarring but not cancer. The plan is to hold . . .
