January 9, 2009 11:20 PM

As expected, my counts were acceptable at Dana-Farber this morning and I did not need any infusions. That's always great news because it allows you to leave the clinic early and does not have a serious impact on your day. It afforded us the luxury of eating lunch with my mother-in-law today (much to her pleasant surprise). So it was a good day.

The other news is that yesterday while we were for dinner, someone called from Dana-Farber and left a message to contact them concerning an update as to where we stood on the bone marrow transplant front. We tried to contact them today and were unsuccessful. So no actual details exist. However, the Dana-Farber people called my dentist's office and said that they needed to provide x-rays and details of my oral health by this coming Thursday. So I have an appointment on Wednesday and they will overnight the information to Boston. From this, we are concluding that the transplant will occur in early February as forecast earlier. This further implies that a donor has been found! Alleluia!!!

Likewise, I have an appointment on Tueday for a chest x-ray that is part of this process as well. So everything seems to be falling place. They also (finally!!!) located the records for my colonoscopy which must be current as well. I had it done about 8 years ago and was told not to come back for 10 years(I was heartbroken!) and they had all kinds of problems trying to track down the test results. The prospect of undergoing such a fun procedure again along with everything else would literally have been a case of "taking one for the team"!

All good news! Let's get the next step going as fast as we can so that I can get back on my feet as fast as I can.

Again, please don't forget the bone marrow drive to held on February 7th at Hampshire Hills in Milford, NH from 10 -2.

Bob