Praises!!!

We have a lot of praises to report today. :) Yesterday, Joe had his final blood draw of the week. Again his counts were low, but stable, so Joe weasled his way out of getting a biopsy! He was all smiles when he heard that.

We also had our appointment with the doctor. As stated before, Joe will be starting chemo round six on Monday. This will be his last round of Vidaza before transplant. Before transplant, Joe will be getting a lumbar puncture to ensure that there are no signs of MDS exhibited in his central nervous system. It is unlikely, but if there are signs, the doctors want to be able to treat it immediately. Joe will also be getting another bone marrow biopsy (can't weasle out of it every time!) so that there is base line data.

When we arrived home in the afternoon we had a message from Joe's transplant coordinator stating that his donor attended an information meeting yesterday, and set up an appointment for her physical for December 8. YAY! We're moving forward. Now we just continue to pray that all goes smoothly.

In other news, Joe beat his high score in Galaga! (I was just informed that the score above is now outdated...)
(If you are a Galaga pro and Joe's high score is in fact one of your low scores...please try to be kind.)
(Nope...no fancy schmancy PlayStation or XBox in our house. Just a "fancy schmancy" Super Joystick with a whole bunch of retro games that we purchased at a swap shop in Miami! *Have you used yours yet David?*)


A very happy birthday to both Uncle Antonio and Rowena. Happy celebrating. :)

Also, congratulations to Shalin! The next time we see him he will be a married man.