Every day is a new day!

This afternoon I received a call from my physician. He explained that because the donor currently being "worked up" (that is, undergoing a physical and blood tests) will not be able to donate their stem cells until mid-October, that I will need to undergo a Consolidation Chemotherapy starting tomorrow at Barnes. The idea behind this chemotherapy is to keep the leukemia at bay prior to the transplant (kind of like a "bridge loan") which, if all goes well, would start at the end of October.

So, off to Barnes in the morning and if all goes well, I could be back in Urbana in about 10 days. I can visualize my meals at Barnes already, two beautiful bowls of oatmeal....