The days are passing quickly and uneventfully. This is good news people! We don't want any drama. I walk at least 30 minutes every day and in the last week or so I have been able to pick up the pace( To call what I had been doing " walking" was a bit of an exaggeration--- more like an amble---). Energy levels are coming back albeit slowly. Very slowly. And all my blood counts are improving. Yesterday for example my platelets were 154k
I see Dr Cecchi once a week and thankfully I am one of his fast appointments. He of course is thrilled with my progress and was literally dancing the first time he saw me post transplant! Jim and I travel to the City of Hope on May 30th to see Dr Namkamura. I will once again have a bone marrow biopsy. Oh joy. Number 13. I am still on a fairly impressive number of medications, including anti rejection drugs, but the current number of drugs pales in comparison to what I had been taking.
The whole family + my sister Maíre goes to Forestville this weekend where we will be celebrating Eoin's 32nd birthday and my 100 days. Alas I will not be able to get in the pool. However, Dr Nakamura has said I can swim beginning on July 29th, 6 months earlier than a lot of the literature has indicated, so I feel lucky. And of course Úna gazing will be on the roster of activities. We will try not to fight about who gets to hold her but I think I might be able to use recent events to get special Úna cuddling privileges!
I am hastened along the path to full recovery by all of you my family and friends. Thank you and big huge hugs of appreciation from me to you.
And to what you have been waiting for---- pics of Úna....
