Monday, October 4, 2010

New month, new moon, new man!

October 1st .. transplant day. All went well. The process was longer than anticipated because not enough cells were collected on the first attempt so Grant had to repeat his apheresis procedure again .  Andrew had one bag of goodies delivered in the morning and the second in the afternoon.  A few pints (no, not beer) on Saturday put the pink back in his cheeks and the skip back in his step. Nothing unexpected as of this morning. Grant heading back over the pond (to Australia) with his suitcase overflowing (he did a little bit of shopping while he was here). Enjoyed a delicious chicken and mushroom dish cooked by an anonymous iron angel and Pat's crumb cake (thank you to both). Thinking of our friend Alison and her family. Her daughter Adrienne lost a long and courageous battle with Hodgkin's disease a year ago.

5 comments:

  1. Hi Andrew,

    Glad to hear your doing well. You can look forward to a another GREAT science fiction book by the "Spin" author, Wilson. I am currently reading his "Blind Lake". If you haven't already read it, your in for a real treat. It takes place in a delightful Minnesota winter. It has a lot of heavy duty, out of control computer hardware and software. Its starts out rather uneventfully and gradually becomes weird, then weirder as well as more and more claustrophobic. This guy is amazingly twisted.
    I love it.
    You will never look at a Ding Dong the same way again!

    Mike Shields

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  2. Sounding good guys!! Hope all goes well in the coming days. Tell Grant he is a champion!!
    Happy Birthday to Eliza!
    Love Donna, Ferdy, Sarah & Jess

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  3. Glad to hear it went well. Keep up the positive attitudes!

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  4. What fabulous news for you, Andrew. Here's hoping it just gets better and better.

    Hugs,
    Wanda

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  5. We hope that you had a smooth week after the transplant, Andrew, and that you are feeling stronger every day. We are thinking of you!

    Agnes and the rest of the Pommier Family

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