Long overdue

Update long overdue ... so much happening ... so bad at keeping up with this ... sorry! In a nutshell ... Andrew's blood counts are all pretty good and no need for transfusions anymore YEAH!! ... and all clear to come out of his bubble. The immunosuppression drugs have given his liver the chance to recover and it is doing that - slowly. Unfortunately seems as though no drugs come without side effects etc. and he has had to deal with things like high blood pressure but they throw more drugs at the problems as they arise. Best news is that Andrew was really itching to get back to work and he was given the all clear to go back to work on a "do what you can" basis. He is now back at Harmonic parttime. Very tiring for him but he's pretty jazzed to be back into it and they have been really good to him about coming and going and doing what he can. Andrew is starting to slowly try to reduce his prednisone (taper off) and hoping that reducing the suppression of his donor/graft won't give him any more GVHD (graft vs host disease). I guess they are hoping that the graft becomes more "accepting" of the host over time. It's a bit of a balancing act I think. I'm just back from Canada where I completed Ironman Canada with my Team in training team ... we raised over $380,000 for the Leukemia/Lymphoma Society and that should fund a few researchers and their projects in the coming year. Harvest moon here and change of season (summer to fall/autumn) - a favorite time of year for us.