Bone Marrow Biopsy

"Bone Marrow Biopsy"....kind of even sounds ominous....certainly doesn't sound like "Trip to water park" or, "let's go for ice cream"...

so needless to say Brian was not nearly as enthusiastic this morning as he was yesterday morning. Now, Brian has had TWO Bone Marrow Biopsy's before...so he was not incorrectly suffering from a lack of enthusiasm.

We were however scheduled for early this morning and the procedure was done and over in about an hour and a half. The oncologist removed a good sampling of the bone marrow fluid then basically took a plug of the bone as well. The results will be back in 1-2 weeks. The results will not change the next stage of treatment which will be to start the chemotherapy.

Brian was assisted by two very cute young nurses and Scott and I both remarked to him (later of course) about how impressed we were with his behavior. I'm sure the need to be brave and impress the ladies had NOTHING to do with it at all.

We stopped on the way home to pick up some lunch and groceries, but by the time we got home Brian was quite tired.

I have some recent lab stat to scan and upload later for those who are following his blood work. Everything looks good now, and you'll be able to see how that will change once chemo starts.

Special thanks to Dawn for her kind donation and to Joyce who understands better then most and send Brian a card which he enjoyed receiving.

Thank you also to Lynn, Mohamed, Eileen and Jean all of whom have offered to open their homes to us to stay if we go for treatment at RWJUH. That means a lot to me and I know what a great offer that really is. I will let everyone know once we decide on a hospital. We are going to drive out to see Hershey Medical Center
I know the oncologist we are currently seeing sends all his transplant patients there. But we are still undecided yet as to the right place to go.