A Match!

Kristi had a surprize meeting from her Transplant Case Worker at her doctors appointment on Monday. The word is that they have a "Very Good Match" for her! This is terrific news. We are anticipating that the transplant may take place in about a month, which is well ahead of the original schedule. She's going back in for her "consolodation" chemo treatment on Monday. She'll be at Huntsman all week. Unfortunately, this means that I will be bringing her home in a Neutropenic state. We will have to watch her very carefully. As usual, if she has a fever, she will be admitted back to the Hutsman immediately. I have been working hard to fortify her place against the ravages of Pidgeon droppings that I suspect are a source of potential infections. Also, yesterday she had her midline removed from her arm. She is completely free of tubes sticking out of her for the time beeing. We are hoping that they can do the chemo with a regular IV. It's very nice not to have daily line flushes, which eliminates the risk of line infections that send us to the hospital for days.

Here are some shots by Pete from one of the stops on KP's Cancer Cat Scramble. The shot above is of the Fastest Female Julie Holms posing with Kristi's parents at a stop on the race. The Park Record's Anna Bloom did a nice piece on the event.